Reading Solution: November
Purposeful Play The national buzz in education now focuses on school before kindergarten. My question is, “Who gets to frame this conversation?” The effect of politics in our schools seems to be pushing hard on young children to master a standardized curriculum at early ages. However, research in child development suggests that this approach is […]
Reading Solution: September 2014
This is Hug a Book Week. How are you celebrating? The creative folks at Atheneum Books have created a new holiday to announce the publication of Hug Machine, a whimsical new children’s book by Scott Campbell. Crass self-promotion, you say? Maybe, but it got me thinking. How do we share the news of books we […]
Reading Solution: August 2014
Does the language matter? Anyone who reads this column regularly knows that the importance of talking to and sharing books with young children is a recurring theme. Parents who…
Reading Solution: July 2014
What difference does a book make? A lot. Researchers find a strong correlation between a child’s success in school and the number of books available at home.
In a study of factors for academic success in forty-two countries, sociologist Mariah Evans…