Posts tagged with: reading
Phonics with SmartyAnts
Developed by Mike Wood, the founder of Leapfrog, SmartyAnts is a newly launched online, phonics-based reading service for children ages 4 to 7. According to the website,... more
Reading Rocks!
Watch the video that’s making waves in schools across the nation – Gotta Keep Reading! more
Reading Together: Everything You Need to Know to Raise a Child Who Loves to Read
by Diane W. Frankenstein
The Rights of the Reader
Gotta love this poster from Daniel Pennac's book 'The Rights of the Reader'. more
Recommended Reading for Young Adults (Ages 13 & up)
SmartBean's 101 recommendations of the best in young adult literature for boys and girls ages 13 and up. more
Overcoming reading difficulties with Orton-Gillingham
Elementary school teacher Adria Karlsson writes about teaching children with language-based learning disabilities how to read. more
Reading Recommendations for Early Readers (4-8 year olds)
SmartBean's list of 100 popular classic and multicultural titles, award-winning authors, and well-loved book series that are sure to delight all 4 to 8 year olds. more
Recommended Fiction for Tweens (9-12 year olds)
Parents & teachers, you’ll love these recommendations for good, wholesome tween fiction for avid and reluctant 9-12 year old readers alike. more
For Indian Kids, ‘a World Beyond Harry Potter’
— For better or worse, over the decades, Indian children have been more familiar with English books written by non-Indian authors. Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew, and the Hardy Boys may have given way to Harry Potter these days, but ask an Indian kid who they like to read and you would be hard-pressed to get the name of an Indian author. Some of this is changing though. more
New Study Finds Early Word Recognition Key To Lifelong Reading Skills
Previous studies of how children read have yielded different results. Some studies concluded that children's reading patterns mimicked those in adults, while other arrived at the the opposite conclusion. Researchers at the School of Psychology at the University of Leicester may have come a bit closed at solving this conundrum. more