Reading Tips
Learn how your child can improve their reading skills by using these simple and useful tips.
Reading Aloud Tips to Spark a Love for Literature
Everyone could use some reading aloud tips. From a young child’s first time hearing a story to a teen’s escape into the pages of an intriguing novel, reading and being read to helps children explore the countless possibilities of worlds both real and imagined.
Cultivate a love of reading at an early age.
The stories you read aloud to your
Encourage Creativity and Imagination through the World of Poetry
From Dr. Seuss to Mother Goose, nursery rhymes are often the first introduction to poetry. Most infants and toddlers are instantly drawn to the rhythm of the words. The repetition of rhymes are not only fun and stimulating for young children, but they are critical to the development of early literacy skills.
As children get older, that
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Why are people reading less? Fewer Americans are Reading Literature
According to the National Endowment for the Arts, there is a steady decline of literary reading. In fact, only 43 percent of American adults read at least one work of literature—novels, short stories, poems—each year.
Between video games, tablets, streaming services and the endless trap of the Internet, it is true that there are many
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Fear of math word problems? Why developing reading ability may be the solution to help your child.
Can you solve this word problem?
A pen and a pencil cost one dollar and twenty cents in total. The pen costs one dollar more than the pencil. How much does the pencil cost?
The answer is 10 cents. Did you get it right?
If you broke out in a cold sweat at the
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