As a veteran kindergarten teacher, I’m walking you through the most important pre-reading skills your child needs before day ...

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 ...

Parents want to support their child's development, but many aren't sure what works. Here are five common reading myths and ...

It's the time of year when parents are thinking of registering their children for kindergarten in September—a much-anticipated moment in the lives of many parents and their young ones.

New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

The “Waterford Ramp Up Summer Program” is a six-week summer initiative designed to close the reading gap for children who enter kindergarten.

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

Black, Hispanic and Native American students are more likely than white or Asian students to struggle with reading – and that gap emerges early, according to our new research. During kindergarten, ...