TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) --The Baltimore County Public Library launched a new reading program on Monday: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. The interactive program encourages parents and other caregivers to ...

Are you familiar with the slogan “Talk, Read, Sing”? These three activities help children create a foundation for oral language, which is essential to reading. By building oral language, children ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten - a process that is meant to identify students who may need extra help learning to read. However, a new study by MIT ...

A new examination of data from a federally financed, long-term study offers more evidence that full-day kindergarten and rich literacy experiences in the home give children a leg up on reading. The ...

Do the common-core standards demand too much of kindergarten readers?, asks a new piece this week from KQED’s Mind/Shift. It’s a debate we’ve heard before. Much of the back-and-forth centers around ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Reading levels are lagging in Brown County, and more broadly in Wisconsin. Now, the Brown County Library is delivering its services directly into the hands of parents. The Text and ...

The state aims to see 70% of its third graders reading at grade level by 2027. So far, only about half are hitting the mark.

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, a critical year for literacy development, according ...

Universal TK provides a free, high-quality preschool option for all California families with 4-year-olds. This is critical in terms of access and affordability and ensures that more families can ...

♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪ (upbeat music) - Amazed to see a small red puppy in the ...

With school sign-up time approaching, this is the time of year many parents have to ask a tricky question: Is my child ready for kindergarten? And if the answer is no, they wonder whether to “redshirt ...