Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids, a new study says—here’s how to make it fun

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

Transform Your Child’s Reading Skills with Chicago Public Library’s Jump Into Reading Program

Help your child become a confident reader with CPL’s Jump Into Reading initiative, offering free resources, events and decodable books. It’s a big shift when kids move from listening to stories to ...
ABC15 Arizona

Arizona libraries step up big to keep children reading this summer

PHOENIX — As children across Arizona head into summer break, educators don't want parents to let the "summer slide" kick in. The "summer slide" is when kids can lose what they've learned before ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
The Conversation

How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’

K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

Children learn to read with books that are just right for them – but that might not be the best approach

Timothy E Shanahan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...