Psychology and neuroscience provide intriguing answers.

A new generation of readers is missing out on an essential experience: reading aloud with their parents. Here's how parents ...

The 74 reports a decline in parents reading to children, linked to past negative experiences and digital distractions, ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

A daily bedtime reading routine enhances cognitive empathy and creativity in children, with reflective pauses boosting ...

The studies are clear: a child not reading proficiently by the third grade faces a bumpy academic road, with poor educational ...

Children’s Book Week is celebrated May 5 – 11. As a nation and as parents, let’s use this week to help our kids fall in love with reading again. Children’s Book Week is a perfect time to put down the ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...

KAYSVILLE — Since December, Allie Garlick has become accustomed to elementary school teachers listening to her with a bit of doubt. She understands it. After all, she is approaching them to talk about ...

A picture says a thousand words—but when it comes to kids’ picture books, it’s clear that not everyone hears the same words. Picture books represented a troubling percentage of challenges in the ...

A charity that wants to boost children's literacy by arranging for adults to listen to pupils read is appealing for more volunteers. The national charity, Schoolreaders, matches volunteers to local ...

An 18-year-old graduate of Hartford Public High School is suing the school district, claiming the district never taught her to read or write. As a student with a disability, she claims she was ...