Encourage dads to make a game of reading to their infants and toddlers. For instance, they could act out what a character is doing or...

When fathers read to young children, they tend to interact differently than mothers do. · Fathers serve as important reading models, especially ...

This systematic review aims to examine the existing literature concerning the association between father involvement and the development children's cognitive skills during early and middle...

To promote a child's learning, parents and staff need to exchange information. Encourage parents to discuss their hopes and expectations for ...

Here are 10 easy ways to cultivate a language rich environment in your home: · Create a prepared environment that has a variety of age- ...

As students repeatedly encounter new words in different contexts, whether print or digital, they build and strengthen their vocabularies over time (Logan et al.

Research Findings: Environmental print provides children with their earliest print experiences. This observational study investigated the frequency of mother-child environmental print referencing and its relationship...

In the literature, the importance of early literacy experiences provided at home by parents to the development of early literacy skills is often expressed. Therefore,...

Research has shown that grandparents play a vital role in children’s wellbeing. Here’s how to amplify that effect by reading together.

In the article the concept of "a family reading" is analyzed, the significance of "the family reading" model is disclosed, the role of grandparents in...

This study investigated the effectiveness of three instructional approaches for developing kindergarteners' print concepts and print awareness. The study also sought to determine if developing...

Print awareness is simply a fancy name for knowing how to use a book. You open it, you make sure it's right-side up, you read the print from left to right ...

Take part in literacy experiences at home. Taking part can develop your child's reading ability, comprehension, and language skills.

1. CHOOSE A FOCUS. · 2. FIND A SITE AND GET PERMISSION. · 3. CREATE A PLAN. · 4. GATHER EQUIPMENT. · 5. SET UP YOUR LIBRARY. · 6. CREATE SIGNAGE AND ...

Your shelf of old books could be someone else's treasure

Little Free Library Etiquette · Don't Empty the Library. Seriously, don't do it. · Do Tidy It Up. Take a few minutes to get all the books lined up ...

How to Build a Classroom Library Practically for Free · 1. Parent and Student Donations · 2. Donor's Choose · 3. Amazon Wishlist · 4. Other Teachers.

For many pre-k teachers, getting children interested in books and reading can be very difficult. And there are various reasons why that is so...

Ms. Ellis wants young learners to fall in love with stories. “My goal is to excite children to explore books. If they are motivated to do ...

The authors found statistically significant effects on the educational outcomes of kindergarten students enrolled in the classrooms of teachers who received a large supply of...

A century of research has shown that culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining literacy teaching is essential to teaching all students well and is especially crucial...

Filling Our Book Bags · Every student gets a plastic, gallon bag. · Add this blurb to the front. · Spread high-interest books from Half-Price Books ...

The article focuses on the development of a family literacy project which centers on university preservice teachers to create literacy backpacks. It mentions that the...

A step by step guide for starting a take home book bag program in your classroom. Easy to implement with editable forms, book list, ...

he Most Banned Picture Books of the 2021-2022 School Year · PEN America · Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag · PEN America · I Am ...

Send home a permission slip · Check-In/Check-Out Day · Prepare All Materials · Track Bag Check-Outs · Use a Bag that Closes · Don't Spend a Lot of Money on Books!

My goal is to suggest ways to make reading satisfying and pleasurable. Home literacy activities may counteract the feeling in some young students that =reading ...