Local YMCA Reads! program helps struggling kindergartners through fourth graders go from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

School's out and parents are looking for ways to help their kids avoid the summer brain drain. Research says children who read for pleasure and are motivated to read do significantly better at school ...

Summer means summer camps, playing outside with friends, camping, swimming, vacations and reading. Yes, reading. As a way to encourage kids to keep reading over the summer, local libraries are urging ...

One of the best way to keep your kid’s brains sharp over the summer is to encourage them to read. Take them to a local library for expert advice on all the hottest kid-friendly titles, then sign up ...

Help your child become a confident, enthusiastic reader in the Summer Reading Skills Programs, offered by Saint Louis University and designed and taught by instructors from the Institute of Reading ...

The program was brought to Whitman County in April 2022, which Terry said was a way to encourage early childhood literacy and ...

Structuring reading — particularly for early readers — is highly debated among parents and teachers. Veteran educator Stephanie Freeman has watched schools become “more and more powerless” in the ...

Summer reading program participants at Montgomery County (Md.) Public Libraries choose brand-new books to take home, courtesy of Friends of the Library, Montgomery County. Photo: Jason ...

Overdue” it during the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County’s Winter Reading Program. The event will take place from Jan. 12 to March 31. All ages are welcome to participate, according ...

Feeling cooped up this winter? Siouxland Libraries has the perfect cure for cabin fever: the Winter Reading Program!When the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Recent testing data suggests New Mexico is facing a childhood literacy crisis, but it seems state leaders found a way to turn things around, and they’re hoping to repeat their ...