Reading Development

Whether your child is a reluctant reader or devoted bookworm, these insights and tips can help you understand and support every stage of reading development.

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Kindergarten Books

Starting kindergarten can be tremendously anxiety-inducing for children. A new and unfamiliar building, kids they haven’t met yet, lessons...

Child Literacy: Help Your Children Connect Sounds to Printed Words

by Anne Becker Schwartzberg

Children take what they hear and connect it to printed language. Helping your child connect sound to words in print can be fun and easy. You...

Pre-K Reading Increases Your Child's Confidence

by Anne Becker Schwartzberg

Like a light bulb suddenly turning on, your Pre-K child has awakened to a universe of Pre-K reading including letters, words, and ideas. You...

7 Ways to Build a Better Reader for Ages 3-5

Read together every day. Find a time of day when your child is most able to settle down, such as before naps or after a bath. If ...

Early Signs of Reading Trouble

During the preschool years, your child should begin to engage in conversation and storytelling, sharing his feelings and ideas, as well as imitating...

Be a Reading Role Model

by Jessica Tom

Your child walks like you, talks like you, absorbs everything you do. So set the right example when it comes to reading. Surround yourself...

10 Games to Play With Names

by Amy Mascott

Whether you’re on the playground or at the table with a paper and pen, tons of sneaky games exist to help our little ones learn to recognize,...

How Is Your Child Smart?

by Thomas R. Hoerr PhD

Almost two decades after Howard Gardner identified multiple intelligences in his ground-breaking book Frames of Mind (1983), educators...

Helping a Kindergartener Learn to Read

Learning to read is one of the most important accomplishments your child will need to make in school. It is the key to success in all subject...