United Through Reading offers deployed parents the opportunity to video-record themselves reading storybooks to their children to help ease the difficulty of separation and cultivate a love of reading.
Educators may find timelines a useful strategy for a variety of educational purposes. They can be used to record events from a story or a history lesson in a sequential format. They can help students keep events in chronological order as they write summaries.
In this collection of picture books and chapter books, children can learn about the rich culture and history of Vietnam through folktales, a photographic journey, an ABC book, historical fiction, and true-life stories. We’ve also included children’s books about the Vietnam War and the experiences of immigrants who came to the U.S. during and after the war.
These books can help children understand many of the themes explored in the 2017 Ken Burns documentary, The Vietnam War (broadcast on your local PBS station), and provide some context for conversations that older siblings, parents, and other adults are having about the film.
Vroom is a set of tools and resources designed to inspire families to turn everyday moments into “brain building moments” by layering activities that are essential to healthy brain development onto existing routines. Parents can add learning to mealtime, bathtime, bedtime, or anytime with 1,000+ fun, free activities.
From becoming a tutor to helping at the local library, there are concrete steps concerned citizens can take to help more children learn to read. Learn about these and more steps community members can take towards this goal.
Guided oral reading is an instructional strategy that can help students improve a variety of reading skills, including fluency. This article explains how to implement it in your classroom.
When you walk into a high-quality pre-K classroom you immediately see learning occurring. The following elements are critical to providing the sense of purpose, organization, and excitement that creates the best results for children.
According to author E. D. Hirsch, Jr., the only useful way to prepare for a reading test is indirectly by becoming a good reader of a broad range of texts, an ability that requires broad general knowledge.
