The beginning of another school year is an opportunity to support our children to become highly literate.
What does being highly literate mean in the 21st century and what might be 21st century litera...
Why is it so very important to give beginning readers a book introduction before reading? The answer lies in what we think reading is for the reader at the very early stages of learning how to read.
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Learning about letters plays a critical role in children's literacy progress. To read and write, children need to learn a lot about letters and words. However, even if children know very little, they ...
Parents want their children to read well and independently for enjoyment. Research has shown that children who read generously develop more expansive vocabularies and achieve higher levels of reading ...
The holidays bring on a heightened sense of giving and receiving of gifts to mark a part of Christmas traditions celebrated across the world.
For many families with children and adolescents the focus...
A book given to a reader should represent a present, which will eagerly be opened and savoured, according to noted educator and author Margaret Mooney. In fact, she lists many traits of a book to be c...
September marks the beginning of a new school year. Students, teachers and parents are eager and apprehensive about outcomes for the year. Everyone has a responsibility to support, extend and accelera...
June marks the beginning of summer with school vacation right around the corner. It is the time for parents and educators to think about the possibility of summer literacy lag for children. Summer lit...
Informational texts are designed to teach specific information about a topic. Informational texts, also known as non-fiction are texts that are based on facts and not made up.
Science, social studies...
The month of April is celebrated as National Poetry Month. This celebration was established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to increase awareness of the art of poetry, recognition of living p...
