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The importance of reading aloud to children from birth has been well established by research. Recalling a surprising encounter with teenagers enjoying a read-al...
Children’s reading fluency is improved when they can automatically recognise high-frequency words. Literacy consultant Lyn Reggett discusses a guided reading ...
To get students hooked on a new book, teachers need to have conversations with students as they guide them into the book. Whether reading narrative or informati...
What are the similarities and differences between reading traditional books and multimodal books and games on iPads? The iPad educational apps of levelled books...
A recent survey into young children’s media use in the United States found that 20 years after the birth of the World Wide Web and a year or so after the firs...
Now that Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching is in its second edition, the area that really engages me is how to teach early reading and child-ce...
Have you ever tried the word tricks where numerals replace letters or where medial letters in words are rearranged? These demonstrate how highly skilled readers...