Kids who struggle with reading often do everything they can to avoid reading. Unfortunately, this is counter-productive and only increased the problem. Reading is a “participation sport” that children have to DO to get better. The more a child uses his reading skills, the stronger they become. What to do to get kids reading more [...]

Looking for some good stories for your students in grades 3 and higher to enjoy as get back into the swing of things this school year?  One great resource not to be overlooked is the tales center from Houghton Mifflin. You can find this outstanding collection of fun and interesting stories at http://www.eduplace.com/tales that is [...]

I just read about a great idea to get kids excited about reading that I wanted to share today. According to an article in the Washington Post, the Purcellevilla Library in Loudoun County, Virginia has implemented a new program called Paws to Read. In this program, students practice reading their favorite books to specially trained [...]

Whether we want to admit it or not, we all like to see our name in print! Giving personalized books to our favorite children are great ways to motivate young children to read a book over and over again. Children love to identify with the characters in the book and personalized books quickly become the [...]

The holidays are a great time to pique student’s interest in reading. Halloween has many classic books that will interest kids of all ages from the Goosebumps series for elementary students to Steven King’s classic novels for high school students. In fact, one “scary novel” that still “haunts” me today is Peter Straub’s nail-biting thriller, [...]