Lakisha Young, founder and CEO of Oakland Reach, a parent advocacy organization, wants parents to feel empowered to lobby for their children’s needs at school. Lakisha Young “You can, and must, ask ...

"Children who first encounter books in the arms of their parents, when they are very young, arrive at school associating books and reading with lap-time, a sense of security, interactions, stories ...

From Raising a Reader. Reading books with your young child and telling stories together can reduce stress, strengthen family bonds and support your child’s social-emotional development.

NBC 5 is Reading With You all summer long, with ways to keep your children engaged in reading while they are out of school.

In Grade 4, children shift from learning to read to reading to learn. (Allison Shelley/EDUimages), CC BY-NC These words cannot be learned from mere exposure and incidental acquisition.

A 2023 study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, of more than 10,000 young adolescents in the U.S. concluded that children who start reading for pleasure from an early age tended to ...

A new animated series for young children premiering Nov. 14 will be PBS Kids’ first to feature main characters with autism, the network reports. “Carl the Collector,” aimed at 4-to-8-year ...

Now Batting for YES Network: A Children’s Cartoon. The regional sports network controlled by the New York Yankees thinks there's room to expand into kids and family fare, alongside baseball games.