No matter how little your baby is, it's never too early to start reading to them. Before they're even in your arms your baby knows the sound of your voice and once they're born, your voice becomes a ...

As an avid bookworm and mum of two, I started reading books to my daughters at around three months old. The benefits, for all of us, have been huge. Alongside baby toys, books were a fun activity to ...

Kris O'Neill of Grand Island reads a book with her two sons, Isaac O'Neill, then 2 months (left), and Owen O'Neill, 2, at the library. In between dispensing advice on breast-feeding and immunizations, ...

Author Emilie Buchwald once said: “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” But you don’t have to wait until little ones can understand the words on the page to start bonding with them ...

From bedtime stories to storytime on the classroom rug, read-alouds are a powerful educational tool for students across grade levels. Reading aloud can capture young people’s interest in stories and ...

A new British survey from data company Nielsen and publisher HarperCollins found that the number of parents reading aloud to their preschool-age kids declined to just 41 percent, from 64 percent in ...

Eileen Scheckle is affiliated with the Literacy Association of South Africa. Policymakers have focused attention on developing literacy in the foundation phase (grades 1-3), because the skills ...