Learning to Read
Pre-K
Growing Reader
How to Start Reading Chapter Books With Your Preschooler or Kindergartner
Reading a chapter book is really different from reading a picture book. Here are a few helpful tips for developing the skills to engage with a longer book.
Growing Reader
At-Home Reading Activities for 6-Year-Olds
Help your 6-year-old child grow into an expert reader with these fun, at-home reading activities.
Pre-K
At-Home Reading Activities for 5-Year-Olds
Consider this your five-minute cram session for reading activities you can do at home with your 5-year-old to help them become a reader.
Tips & Advice
What Other Countries Do Right When It Comes to Reading
While there is no one way to raise kids who love to read, we took a look at several countries' practices to see how they, by certain measures, get it right.
Growing Reader
8 Ways To Help Kids Understand What They Read
Now that your child is a more independent reader, you can use these reading comprehension strategies to help them understand what they read.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly roundup + gallery for audit
Young adult thrillers are my latest addiction and I can’t get enough of them. Whether they’re exploring deep space, experimenting …
Growing Reader
Stop the Slide! Summer Learning Loss Prevention Tips for 6- to 8-Year-Olds
Summer learning loss isn’t a myth. But just a few minutes of learning a day can keep kids’ brains from becoming sieves over the summer.
Tips & Advice
Easy Ways to Build Your Child's Love of Reading Every Day
We chatted with Daniel T. Willingham, author of Raising Kids Who Read, to see to see how busy parents can help foster a love of reading in their children.
Tips & Advice
5 Ways Reading Matters to Kids’ Health
Reading and health go hand in hand throughout life. The road to becoming a happy reader and healthy kid starts at birth, and the benefits last a lifetime.
Pre-K
Watch and Learn: 11 TV Shows That Promote Literacy
TV can help kids develop and enhance their literacy skills. These excellent shows for little kids encourage learning about letters, words, reading, and more.
All Ages
15 Tips for Starting a Lifelong Conversation About Books
Are your book discussions with your young reader feeling a little one-sided? These easy conversation starters can get your kids talking about what they're reading, at every age and stage.
Growing Reader
Tween
What Is a 'Just Right' Book? Reading Levels Explained
Kids need to read books that they can both decode (read the words) and comprehend (understand the meaning). But how do you find these 'just right' books?
