Words That Matter
Magic happens when kids are encouraged to use words to express kindness to others.
The Primacy of “Mother Language”
An individual’s mother language is the most comprehensive path to the full understanding of other people and their values.
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.
Let’s Talk About YOU
Successful parents and teachers invite each child’s contribution when discussing books either using their name or the word “you.”
Successful Futures are Assured Through Literacy
Lifelong literacy should be the ultimate academic goal of education rather than currently popular career or college readiness.
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!
Parents Can Help Kids Joyfully Get Good at Reading
Three things that can interfere with children’s calm and relaxed learning are: distracted parents, chronic lack of sleep, and over-scheduled lives.
Young Turks Take On a U.S. Library
English Literature majors and their talented and inspirational professor from the Hacettepe University, in Ankara, Turkey, contribute to the Unite for Literacy library.