Interactive read-alouds turn simple storytime into a rich, engaging learning experience that boosts literacy, vocabulary, and social-emotional skills. By pausing to ask questions, invite predictions, ...

Interactive read-alouds transform storytime into a dynamic learning experience, building language, comprehension, and social skills. By engaging children with questions, props, and movement, educators ...

Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...

It's not always easy to convince kids that reading isn't a chore. But reading aloud can help. Here are a few ways to help you find joy — and value — in reading aloud as a family. We’ve all heard about ...

As a teacher in San Jose Unified, Seena Hawley made a point of reading aloud to her fourth and fifth graders every day. Not only was it a highlight of their day, she also believes it boosted their ...

A new British survey from data company Nielsen and publisher HarperCollins found that the number of parents reading aloud to their preschool-age kids declined to just 41 percent, from 64 percent in ...

Reading aloud to students during class time may sound like a simple, almost quaint, endeavor, as if from a bygone era. But literacy experts insist that it’s every bit as relevant now as ever, and they ...

Every five years, the international Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides an assessment of how well grade 4 learners around the world read for meaning. And every time South ...

In today’s cacophonous, tech-heavy world, trekking the priceless read-aloud journey requires taking a road less traveled, which is a sad reality, both for parents and children alike. According to a ...

1123 TODAY IS WORLD READ ALOUD DAY, A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF THE POWER OF READING AND STORYTELLING, A MILWAUKEE WOMAN’S PASSION FOR READING ALOUD HAS GONE VIRAL. JOINING ME NOW IS JEANETTE JUSTICE, THE ...