Los Angeles Times

Reading by 9: Hone these 4 pre-reading skills to get your child reading ready

Literacy is built on the below pre-reading skills. These are the foundations of your child’s path to becoming fluent readers. These skills are supported when you, as a parent, use the five early ...
Yahoo

Signs of dyslexia and reading troubles can be spotted in kindergarten — or even preschool

Vanessa Silver, who tutors young children with dyslexia, works with Liina Yerro, 9, in Granada Hills. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) This year, for the first time, California schools will be ...
Kansas City Star

Here’s how Mid-Continent Library helps kids grow reading skills, one story at a time

Andrew McKinley works with the Mid-Century Library to make a YouTube video. The library will regularly add videos of library staff reading, doing finger plays or singing. Beth Lipoff Special to The ...
The Hechinger Report

‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...
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Signs of dyslexia and reading troubles can be spotted in kindergarten — or even preschool

This year, for the first time, California schools will be screening kindergarteners, first- and second-graders for reading difficulties, including dyslexia, under a state mandate signed into law by ...