Building on Bedtime Stories: 3 Easy Habits to Shift Your Child from Listening to Literacy
Build your child’s brain and literacy by adding 60 seconds of print awareness and sound learning to your daily story routine.
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You can and should read to your newborn—for a few minutes at a time. Here’s how to make baby story time a success and build
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A hospital screens three-year-olds for literacy. But media coverage misses key information: the specifics that can help parents
Read the postA Pediatric Literacy Screening Tool Is Making Rounds—What Parents Need to Know
A hospital screens three-year-olds for literacy. But media coverage misses key information: the specifics that can help parents
Read the postWhy Phonics Instruction Matters—and How to Know if Your Child is Getting It
Why some kids reach middle school unable to read—and how parents can tell if schools are teaching phonics while there’s still
Read the postAsk Maya: Can I Help My Child Read If I’m Not Comfortable Reading?
Not comfortable reading aloud? Learn how storytelling, conversation, and the TALK Method build your child’s vocabulary,
Read the postAsk Maya: Should I Talk and Read to My Child in Spanish or English? What Research Says
Stop second-guessing your home language. Talking and reading in Spanish helps your child in English,
Read the postWhat Counts as Reading? Answers for Parents About Comics, Audiobooks, and More
Do graphic novels or audiobooks count as reading? Discover what helps kids become strong, motivated
Read the post7 Seriously Low-Lift Ways to Sneak Literacy into Family Life
Reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary–it all takes practice. But sometimes practice can come in fun (and even downright funny)
Read the post20 Questions to Ask Your Elementary Schooler After School (That Get More Than “Fine”)
Discover open-ended conversation starters and tips to get your young child talking after school and actually opening up about
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