44 Proven Ideas to Help Your Children Do Better in School

Reading is a vital foundation for educational and life success, and it must start early!

Research tells us that children must meet reading benchmarks by third grade in order to be ready for the educational challenges ahead. To do this effectively, efforts to familiarize children with books and reading must start long before they cross the threshold into school.

Here, you will find resources, research and statistics on childhood literacy and how to best prepare children for bright, successful futures through reading.

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44 Proven Ideas to Help Your Children Do Better in School

Reposted from: Reading is Fundamental

Check out these great resources from Reading is Fundamental for parents and teachers about helping children succeed in school. Some of our favorite ideas?

Want your children to be good readers? Let them see you read.
Try holding D-E-A-R times at your house. “DEAR” stands for “Drop Everything and Read.” During DEAR time, everyone in the family sits down for some uninterrupted reading time.

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Every child should be able to read. With your help, they can.

Reading is a vital foundation for educational and life success, and it must start early!

Check out these great resources from Reading is Fundamental for parents and teachers about helping children succeed in school. Some of our favorite ideas?