Never Ever Too Early
Language growth and brain development have a process of opportunity that completes its work around the age of 6 years, so start reading to new readers now, regardless of age and/or level of brain development.
When Reading a Book Isn’t Reading the Words
Hearing a book read aloud in a language they know exposes children to what fluent reading sounds like, helping to engage them in learning to read…
Digital Libraries are Like Love
Like love, which is utterly fulfilling and limitless, there is no downside to digital libraries and to the books they freely provide for us all.
The Optimum Number of Books
One hundred (100) is the optimum number of books in a young child’s home relative to them growing up to be a proficient, avid reader.
Early Literacy Must Not Wait for Preschool Enrollment
Preschool includes early literacy “lessons,” but take a small step back from that and it becomes immediately clear that it is not early enough.
Teaching Children to Choose
One of the challenges for children in growing from emergent readers into lifelong, avid, joyful readers is figuring out how to find books they will love when there are so many from which to choose.
How to Grow a Book Garden
Just like you can grow a vegetable garden, you can grow a Book Garden…that yields a “crop” of books that is continually refreshed.
The Gift of Literacy
Gifting a book that is well suited to its recipient is natural for book-loving adults to do…Children can benefit from watching us select a special book and learning our motive behind the gift.
Learning to Read is Like Learning to Ride a Bike
Learning to read is like learning to ride a bicycle. It’s motivated by seeing others do it and having fun.
Motivation for Learning to Read and Write
The hardest lessons for teachers or parents to pull off are those for which they fail to generate an emotional fire of interest in their students or kids…
Grow Readers by Planting Book Gardens
Seeds, and books, are packed with potential; planting them carries an inherent message of hope.
What Counts in Early Reading
There are measurable steps that families, preschool educators, and childcare professionals can take to help ensure children’s early reading success prior to Kindergarten. And the trek must begin long before the first day of Kindergarten…
A Digital Library for Young Readers and Language Learners
Digital books with narrations in indigenous languages can support young readers.
Picture Book Abundance
Our team chose “Picture Book Abundance” as a motto because it captures our vision--to offer children around the world an ample supply of culturally relevant books.
Linking Arms to Grow Readers
Several good corporate citizens of Fort Morgan, Colorado, banded together to establish a Growing Readers program for their preschoolers. Their goal was to ensure that the approximately 250 4-year-olds who entered kindergarten in fall 2019 received…[their] very own library of 100+ picture books before the first day of school!
Ensuring a Child’s School Success
The love, guidance, and stimulation family members provide a child during the first five years is much more impactful in the long run than the lessons they will learn throughout their formal schooling.