This research suggests that there is one simple way to equip your children for a life of literacy from their infancy: show them picture books.
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Family meals – with lively conversation, storytelling and discussions of books and the tales they contain – feed children’s literacy skills.
African-American children tell stories that are vivid, elaborate, and rich in imagery. These skills help support their early literacy skills. How can schools take advantage of this?
When most people think of book censorship, they imagine political regimes and potentially book burning in Nazi Germany. What is little considered is that most books that have been challenged or banned are books for young people.
Reading instruction in the classroom is a key concern for all teachers and there are many ways to go about it. However, is our determination for excellence in reading skills in our children killing their love and enjoyment of a good book?
The time of transitioning back to school is crucial for both parents and children. Here’s what you can do.
Hell is not, as Sartre suggested, other people – it’s a holiday without books. So if you want a real break on your travels, take note.
The reader who loves literature of the past seeks to forge intimate connections with those who are no longer alive. In reading, we feel ourselves able to get up close and personal with a dead author.
It’s summer, which means that the inevitable annual scrum to read the newest and hottest book on the block has begun. How exhausting.
Lesions on a particular region of the brain can cause ‘acquired dyslexia’.
Once children can read teachers and parents stop encouraging them to continue reading. But reading for pleasure is important, too.
Chronic environmental noise, like cars zooming past or airplanes overhead, can make children struggle with reading comprehension and affect their memory.
There is a chasm between the research knowledge base about reading literacy and teachers’ classroom practices. Standardisation could be a big part of the solution.
Kids will be turned off reading if they have no interest in the material. Comics or picture books are fine as long as the child enjoys it.
Engaging boys in reading can be tough. Many parents find that their boys either aren’t interested in sitting still long enough, or they often perceive reading as a “girl thing”. The consequences of boys…
One in three adults in the UK – or 16m people – rarely or never read for pleasure. A new survey of 4,164 adults, including both those who read and those who don’t, found that adults who read for just 20…
A recent US survey commissioned by the children’s books publisher Scholastic found that 65% of 6-11 year olds prefer to read print books even when e-books are available on tablets. In the UK, a National…
As the warmer weather settles in we know that it isn’t long before children are free of the restraints of school for another year. The regular reading that is a part of many children’s school day suddenly…
The nature of reading books is changing: the closure of traditional bookstores indicates that paper book sales are in decline. It is easy to feel as though this will discourage children from engaging with…
It’s little wonder that we often feel as though our kids aren’t as successful with reading as we’d like them to be. The “reading wars” - the battle between sounding out words and using the sentence as…
Principales colaboradores
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Sessional Tutor, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, University of Stavanger
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Naomi S. Baron es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University
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Associate Professor in English Literatures, University of Wollongong
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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Clinician, Australian Catholic University
