This year, for the first time, California schools will be screening kindergarteners, first- and second-graders for reading ...

A child's journey to becoming a strong reader begins at home, long before they start preschool. Parents can build a foundation for literacy by talking, singing, and reading to their children from ...

Phonological awareness is an important set of skills to develop throughout early childhood and primary school. It is strongly linked to later reading and spelling success. We can think about ...

If you understand the musical rhyme scheme, and write lyrics to match that, you are introducing a whole new level of repetition, one that enhances the experience." Now, Keyser has a new book out about ...

Everybody likes ghazals. Or they do when they learn what they are: A ghazal is a poetic form originating in and strongly associated with the Islamic cultural sphere. It is a medieval thing—or what ...

This article was originally published in Stateline. As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not whether reading ...

As you delve into the world of English language and poetry, you’ll discover the power and beauty of rhyming words. These linguistic gems add rhythm, musicality, and memorability to your writing.

As you're sitting on the plane and waiting for takeoff, your airline pilot could activate a "ding" sound mid-flight — but what does that sound really mean? In a now-viral video garnering nearly 10 ...

William Christie receives funding from the Australian Research Council for research into an entirely unrelated topic. If someone asked you how you felt and you said you had “a sense sublime of ...

The list can help parents determine whether their child is ready to start school, based on whether the child has mastered most of the following skills: nListen to stories without interrupting ...

HAIKOU — With dynamic beats and catchy lyrics, singers battle each other onstage with performances that echo modern-day rap. Except this is something much older with very different roots. Danzhou ...