Hearing & Reading Books At The Same Time Helps Kids’ Vocabulary

A new study has found that the vocabulary in children can be improved if they hear the book being read to them while they read it.

After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for the joy of real books

Lockdown life accelerated the role of digital technology in the virtual classroom, but there is still no substitute for physical books in children's lives and learning.

7 ‘read-aloud’ tips for parents to help prevent children’s COVID-19 pandemic learning loss

One way to help children learn the words they need to thrive academically is by reading aloud from books and news sources that use both narrative and expository writing.

‘Explicit instruction’ provides dramatic benefits in learning to read

When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction -- a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and systematically -- is more effective than self-discovery through reading.

Study shows how reading skill shapes more than just reading

New research suggests that reading, writing and arithmetic, the foundational skills informally identified as the three Rs, might actually overlap in ways not previously imagined

Major Difference For Kids Reading Digital Vs. Print Books, Research Reveals

Reading digital books negatively impacts children's education, except if the books have the appropriate enhancements to support what the story is about.

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