Learning to Read

Growing Reader

Tween

Tips and Tricks For Building Kids’ Reading Stamina

Research shows that the amount of reading time and reading volume significantly impacts kids’ reading success. These tips can help kids build their reading stamina.

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Pre-K

My Preschooler Is Desperate To Learn To Read! What Can I Do?

If your preschooler is clamoring to read, you likely know how hard it can be to both nurture their interest and avoid frustration. These practical tips can help.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Tween

6 Questions To Ask Teachers About Your Child’s Reading Progress

As a literacy specialist and parent, here's what I ask about my kids’ reading progress during parent-teacher conferences.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

Growing Reader

4 Ways To Use Seek-and-Find Books To Build Early Literacy Skills

These books provide hours of entertainment while boosting a child's vocabulary, helping build language skills, and more!

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

16 Essential Classics for Beginning Readers

These timeless tales will appeal to readers young and old alike. They’re the classic books you’ll pull off your shelves over and over again.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

Early Literacy Activities for Kids on the Go

Tackling your to-do list with kids in tow can be challenging, but it’s helpful to remember that organic learning can happen anywhere.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

A Crash Course in Using the Science of Reading To Help Kids Learn To Read

Understanding the science behind how the brain learns to read and the teaching methods that help it happen can help caregivers guide new readers.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

20 of the Best Level 2 Books for Early Readers

For kids ready to transition to Level 2 books, these engaging fiction and nonfiction books provide developing readers with strong visual clues and predictable sentence patterns.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

31 of the Best Level 1 Books for Early Readers

These level 1 books feature short sentences, large type, and supportive picture clues. They're filled with great stories and information to keep beginning readers excited about reading.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Phonological Awareness: Why This Skill Set Is So Important for Young Readers

Teaching kids the sounds of spoken language is an important first step toward reading and writing. With these tips it’s easy to playfully develop these skills throughout your daily life.

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Pre-K

10 Books to Help Kids With Sight Words

These books are all fun and engaging resources for helping kids identify sight words, frequently used words taught through repeat exposure.

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Growing Reader

4 Reading Roadblocks and Strategies for Helping Kids Overcome Them

Here are some ways newly independent readers get stuck and some tried-and-true ways to help them get back on course.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Brain Games: How Play Makes for More Effective Learning

As an award-winning kids’ literacy company, Mrs. Wordsmith reveals how gamification helps learners truly engage with content and forget that they are “working.”

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Growing Reader

18 Illustrated Chapter Book Series To Engage Early Readers

These illustrated early chapter books provide a nice bridge between picture books and chapter books, and keep budding readers entertained.

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