SHICKSHINNY — Northwest Area first graders experienced the magic of reading during Friday’s Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) program. RIF, a nonprofit that aims to connect children with the joy of reading ...

In early literacy, the goal is simple but urgent: Help students become independent readers and writers. Every instructional decision we make either moves them closer to that goal or keeps them ...

School librarian Karen Rickert reads a book about a sloth to a group of soon-to-be first graders at Kennedy Elementary in ...

First grade students at Kenwood Elementary School in the Springfield City School District were visited by a donkey for the third year in a row as part of a language arts lesson. The students “learned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 7-year-old Harrison June pets Taco as he reads to him during a literacy program at Equest on Monday, April 13, 2026, in Dallas.

WASHINGTON — When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how ...

Literacy is fundamental in determining a child’s educational success and academic future. And when young students are lacking their “ABC” skills, it’s all but certain they will struggle with other ...