Kids Taught to Choose Books Choose Reading for Life
Encouraging and then allowing kids to choose what they read puts them at the center of their literacy learning lives, which is right where we hope they will forever choose to be.
Words That Matter
Magic happens when kids are encouraged to use words to express kindness to others.
Check It Out
When it comes to checking out books, digital options offer infinite possibilities.
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.
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…
How Parents Can Help Kids Plug In to Good Reads, Rest, and Play
Research and data helps support the principles we stand on here at Unite for Literacy.
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.
How Narrations Make a Difference
Book narrations by native speakers have a lasting and wonderful impact for children living everywhere in the world.
Diversity is Valuable and Relevant
Parents and teachers can address diversity through books that offer culturally relevant content and perspectives different from our own.
Poverty and Potential Can Co-Exist
Through the power of technology, it’s positively, potentially possible to turn impoverished book deserts into book gardens and grow avid lifelong readers everywhere.
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…
Use Precious Moments to Boost Reading Fitness
Taking a few precious moments to read with children whenever possible can accumulate into a sizable boost in learning outcomes.
Who are Multicultural Children’s Books For, Anyway?
Culturally diverse books provide kids with opportunities to read and learn about children and life in homes unlike their own.