Videos

The panelists discuss how parents can find the right tutoring program for their child and what the characteristics of a strong tutoring program look like.

Sandra Jordan and Jan Greenberg try to include interesting vocabulary in their books to help children expand their knowledge about the arts. 

In this Reading with Teachers video, join Brenda as she takes a look at wordless picture books and explains how important they are for developing early literacy skills, like comprehension, vocabulary, and listening. 

Principal Kathy Mayer learned early on that one key to teaching young readers is parent engagement. 

Sounds and Symbols focuses on how children learn the relationship between sounds, letters, and words as an initial step before being able to decode the printed word.

Literacy expert Sandra Wilborn shares three key ways to build your young child’s vocabulary.

Kyley Pulphus suggests a few ways for parents to encourage their children to find comfort and expression in writing. 

Todd R. Risley, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Julie Washington discuss research-based strategies for developing language and pre-reading skills in young children.

Fred Rogers introduces how parents, childcare providers, and kindergarten teachers can get children started on the road to literacy. 

Master teacher Dr. Rebecca Palacios runs a dual-language immersion preschool and mentors teachers-in-training on how to provide top-notch teaching in a preschool environment.