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 ...

A recent survey conducted by Nielsen and HarperCollins reveals a concerning trend: only 40% of parents with children aged 0 to 13 find reading aloud to their children enjoyable. This marks a ...

We've all heard about the benefits of learning to read quietly and independently. A big part of learning at school is all about reading, but it's not always easy to find time for more reading at home.

When you read aloud to children, they learn how to distinguish different sounds and words. This helps them build their vocabulary and understand how words are pronounced. When children hear stories ...

Robyn Cox does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

We’re familiar with the many benefits of reading aloud to children, but is reading aloud also beneficial for adults? In addition to building closer bonds with loved ones, research has revealed that ...

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 ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The leader of a local civic organization recently asked me if I would give a Zoom talk ...

World Read Aloud Day, celebrated annually on the first Wednesday of February, has become a global movement that encourages ...