A key part of the Junior Infant curriculum is reading and writing, and there's plenty you can do to encourage your child in ...

The general assumption in our culture is that children must be taught to read. Vast amounts of research go into trying to figure out the scientifically best way to do this. In the education stacks of ...

Children’s Book Week is celebrated May 5 – 11. As a nation and as parents, let’s use this week to help our kids fall in love with reading again. Children’s Book Week is a perfect time to put down the ...

K. Dara Hill does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Genevieve McArthur receives funding from the Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council. She is affiliated with the not-for-profit Dyslexia SPELD Foundation (NFP) and ...

Music training seems to boost reading skills in young children by enhancing their ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds that make up words. Learning to play an instrument has long been linked ...

Until a couple of years ago, Lucy Calkins was, to many American teachers and parents, a minor deity. Thousands of U.S. schools used her curriculum, called Units of Study, to teach children to read and ...

Nonverbal language skill is very important in the development of relationships. Difficulties in nonverbal communication could short-circuit children’s attempts to connect with others to form ...