Paired with fun activities, these picture books help build skills like fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality.

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

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Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

The Indian Creek Local School District is helping students to stay on track with their reading and math skills by offering a ...

Instructional Strategies to Enhance Literacy Outcomes Through FingerspellingWe have developed an evidence based intervention called Fingerspelling Our Way to Reading, that is specifically designed for ...

Kindergarten readiness mostly depends on children being ready to learn. While development varies among children, most 5- and 6-year-olds will be able to check all of those boxes.

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, according to a new study.