Linnea Ehri, Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of education psychology at the City University of New York, published a benchmark science-of-reading study in 2014 summarizing decades of her work ...

When his classic book, “The Cat in the Hat,” was published in 1957, Dr. Seuss began a revolution in the beginner-book industry. More than 50 years later, that revolution still is ongoing. While “The ...

According to most reading programs, learning to read is largely a guessing game. That approach prevents many students from learning to sound words out, with dire consequences later on. Many educators ...

Linnea Ehri, Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of education psychology at the City University of New York, published a benchmark science-of-reading study in 2014 summarizing decades of her work ...

There is something extraordinarily magical when a child first learns to read. The important thing to keep in mind to encourage young kids is to make certain the books are not too difficult. If a child ...

Well before beginning- and leveled-readers grew into the broad category they are now, a series of learn-to-read books starring a friendly, lanky, purple monster became a sensation with students and ...

So, you want your children to start learning early about the ultimate evil in the universe that is Cthulhu, but where to begin? H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu is great and all, but not really ...

The little turtle can see the grass. The little turtle can see the trees. The little turtle can see the flowers. These are the opening lines to one popular reading program’s leveled books: short, ...

Melissa Taylor is a former teacher and literacy trainer as well as a mother of two, blogger, and children’s book expert. She created and writes the popular blog Imagination Soup. She is also a ...

Simmone Pogorzelski consults to MultiLit Pty Ltd which sells decodable readers, among other reading materials that the company researches and develops. Robyn Wheldall is a director of MultiLit Pty Ltd ...