Videos

40-60% of children who have an older sibling or parent with dyslexia will develop dyslexia themselves.

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. 

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

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

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.

Georgetown Even Start is helping at-risk families break the cycle of low literacy and educational failure.

Reading expert Linda Farrell shares her thoughts on early reader series as well as the importance of reading aloud to build vocabulary and background knowledge.