A new understanding of the importance of Grade 1 is beginning to change writing education. If your child is missing important basic skills, talk with your child’s teacher to create a plan.
Sales increases for self-published titles in the pandemic is likely related to the accessibility of ebooks during bookstore and library closures.
(Shutterstock)
Publishing houses face strain, and in some cases, closure, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Authors are looking for alternative ways to get their work to readers.
Online, critical ignoring is just as important as critical thinking.
romeocane1/ iStock / Getty Images Plus
Popular psychology is all over book shops, podcasts and Netflix specials. The value of these ideas is hotly debated but even unguided, self-administered bibliotherapy may bring mental health benefits.
When mental focus and reflection are called for, it’s time to crack open a book.
Noam Galai/Getty Images
Science and comic books have been cross-pollinating each other for some time (think Spider-Man). But kids can learn a lot of valuable science information from comics books too.
Lockdown life accelerated the role of digital technology in the virtual classroom, but there is still no substitute for physical books in children’s lives and learning.
From talking about death to understanding grief, these picture books can help parents start a difficult conversation about death with young children.
A holistic approach to growing children’s vocabulary could mean reading children stories about bears from fairy tales, science books and the news.
(Shutterstock)
One way to help children learn the words they need to thrive academically is by reading aloud from books and news sources that use both narrative and expository writing.
Millions of people are reading young adult fantasy novels like Twilight or A Court of Thorns and Roses. But the way sexual consent is depicted in these can be confusing or even harmful.
Engaging young people is a challenge for museums.
Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock
Where solitary reading drives us into ourselves, reading aloud can be a deeply sensuous experience
More students are taking algebra II in high school – but many aren’t actually learning it.
Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images
Get past the first 100 pages and you’ll see that Joyce’s style of writing mostly goes against what philosophers understand of the stream of consciousness.
Online activities can squeeze out time for other important parts of growing up.
JohnnyGreig/E+ via Getty Images
Too much screen time doesn’t leave enough time for other important parts of growing up. Predicting which little kids will likely grow into heavy tech users could help target educational campaigns.
We all read much more than we give ourselves credit for.
GoodStudio/Shuttertsock
Penny dreadfuls told real stories of murder and mayhem to 19th-century audiences seeking escape from city life. True crime podcasts have a lot in common with them.