First, break your reading material into sections. In some cases, that will be clear — just go by subheaders or item titles in a list. In cases where there isn’t a clear content hierarchy, you can go ...

Books4Cause is an organization dedicated to making books more accessible and giving them a second life. Founder, Yosef Lifchitz sat down with us to share simple, practical ways we can build a reading ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

An influential model for teaching reading and comprehension to English learners doesn’t work well for Cantonese-speaking children, according to new research from the University of California, Davis, ...

An adult reading with a child. Image source: Unsplash. In reality, one of the most effective reading supports a child can receive is calm, consistent reading practice with an adult at home. Paired ...

At your child’s school Open House, the teacher explained that every student needs to read for 20 minutes every night. Several questions came to mind. What is my child supposed to read? How do I know ...

The simple view of reading (SVR) is a widely accepted theory that attempts to define the skills that contribute to early reading comprehension. It attributes a person’s reading comprehension ability ...

New research shows that utilizing a freely available literacy tool results in significant advances in fundamental reading skills for elementary school students, without requiring schools to ...

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Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...