Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

A third-grade reading gate without strong early childhood systems is not a reading strategy. It is a reaction to unmet needs.

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify students who may need extra help learning to read. However, a new study by MIT ...

The first day of kindergarten is a big milestone for kids and their grown-ups alike. It’s a time full of excitement, curiosity and plenty of butterflies in the stomach. One of the best ways to help ...

Knowing the stakes, Rose and her classmates at their west-side elementary practiced the drill just as their teacher instructed. The third graders kept a stack of worksheets tucked underneath their ...

MANCHESTER, MI – Wedged between shelves of colorful books and a row of filing cabinets in an annex outside Manchester’s Klager Elementary School, Melissa Yekulis found her “happy place.” She’s ...

I’m going to preface this by stating that I’m a children’s librarian and I have VERY strong feelings about literacy and freedom of choice when it comes to reading, so please feel free to let me know ...

A teacher’s “Welcome to Kindergarten” song is helping to reduce first-day-of-school anxieties for many children this year. Dwayne Reed, a dean of students at a Chicago elementary school, has always ...

"By the second line, I couldn't say it out loud because my lip was quivering." It's a rite of passage many parents are familiar with – that emotional experience sending kids off to kindergarten for ...

On Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Education named Rosa Floyd, a kindergarten teacher at Nellie Muir Elementary School in Woodburn, its 2023 Oregon Teacher of the Year. A native Spanish speaker, ...