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which is better for bedtime
When it comes to reading to your children before bedtime, a print book is better than a tablet.
How old is too old for a bedtime story?
New research suggests the frequency with which parents read to their children at bedtime falls sharply around the age of seven – but why stop then?
What You Miss After Your Child Learns to Read
Independent reading may be a long-anticipated milestone, but it also has a subtle effect on family dynamics and bedtime rituals.
Raising A Child With Dyslexia: 3 Things Parents Can Do
Dyslexia is a reading problem, but its influence can be felt far beyond the classroom. It often disrupts home life, making dinnertime and bedtime a struggle.
Build Reading Skills with Fairy Tales
Traditional stories can build word recognition, increase vocab, and broaden your kiddo’s horizons.
5 Easy Skills to Teach Kids During Read-Alouds
Try these tips for enriching your young child’s reading experience.
How to Organize Bedtime Reading
In my house, my children quickly discovered that I could not say no to a book. This has the ability to delay bedtime by days. I realized that with one child I was regularly reading 12-14 books per night. And while it was wonderfully engaging and wonderful to encourage reading, it was less than wonderful because the child should have been in bed an hour earlier.
Beyond Bedtime: How to Integrate Reading Throughout the Day
The term “bedtime stories” gets tossed around a lot in parenting, but that doesn’t mean bedtime is the only time to fit in reading with your children.
5 Tips For Calm, Cozy, Comforting Bedtime Reading
Above all else, I value variety in my reading life. I like to be surprised. I read fiction and nonfiction in every genre, and often I'm reading several very different books at the same time.The on
How To Raise Confident Readers with Bedtime Stories
As parents, we want to raise confident readers, but between commercials for teaching our babies to read and the large sections of flash cards and workbooks a...
6 Tips for Reading to Your Children
Daily reading to your child, such as before bedtime, promotes positive bonding, encourages communication and builds language skills.
From bedtime stories to bribes: how to get your child reading more
Summer is the perfect time to get children reading, but what if they refuse? Authors and experts reveal tips and tricks for every age group
How to encourage literacy, besides bedtime books: Multitasking Moms and Dads
Want your kids to love reading? Keep up the bedtime routine. And try these tips to encourage literacy all day long.
7 tips for bedtime reading from a children's sleep expert
Children's sleep expert, Dr. Sarah Mitchell, offers 7 tips for incorporating books into bedtime routines.
Can We Predict Future Literacy Skills in Children?
Study: Predicting literacy skills in children years before they read A new study says non-reading children as young as age 3 carry objective neurophysiological markers that signal whether they will struggle to read. Children so young have never been tested before, but the research team found a way to measure their brain responses to sound, a key part of pre-reading development.
10 top tips to revive storytime
The tradition of reading to children at bedtime is declining, but you can bring the joy of reading to your little ones with these great tips and favourite books.
3 Things Parents Should Do to Raise Lifelong Readers (Besides Bedtime Stories)
A love of books is one of the most valuable gifts you can give your children.
Building children's writing skills through learning through play
The University of Cambridge and the LEGO Foundation has explored how learning through play helps children develop better writing skills. Researchers, teachers and…
27 Immersive Audiobooks That'll Take Your Mind Off Things For A While
It's like your favorite author and narrator teamed up to tell you a bedtime story.
‘Whose Toes Are Those?’ by Sally Symes, and More
New board books include three charming French imports, a celebration of trees and a comfy bedtime story starring polar bears.
