The tips and articles collected here will answer questions about best reading practices: how to help children read and nurture a genuine love of reading.
A Few of Our Favorite Sites
Here are a few of our favorite sites for parents and readers...
Botel Bridges to Literacy http://www.botelbridgestoliteracy.org/ A site for parents who want to help their children learn to read, or read more fluently, Botel Bridges to Literacy offe...
A Whole New World
What power we have when we read aloud to our children! What a wonderful way to be close to one another, to talk about topics and ideas that might never otherwise come up and to introduce our children to all of the pleasures of reading.
Reading alou...
Stuck on a Word?
Decoding words can be one of the greatest hurdles a child faces when learning to read. Children become disengaged when they feel unsuccessful, and parents get frustrated when their kids can't "just sound it out." Phonics does, undoubtedly, have a p...
Understanding is Everything
It's not enough to read word after word, sentence after sentence all the way through a book. Sure, decoding is something, but understanding is everything. If we want to raise thoughtful readers, our kids need to understand what they are reading in ...
What Matters Most
There are so many "positive" ways in which we label our readers: fast, proficient, the best – the list goes on and on. There is one label, however, that matters most: thoughtful.
Contrary to what's easiest to believe, it is not speed that mat...