Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 21, 2022

From MaryAnn Whitfield

"As I arranged books on my bookshelf recently a memory took hold in my mind. A memory that touched my heart as well.It was an ordinary enough day. At least for

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 17, 2022

15 Helpful Books for Young Environmentalists

Bookriot by Juno Kuo Lee Dec 2 2021 Climatologists have been warning us for years about climate change, environmental degradation, and the need to “act now” by changing practices that harm

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 17, 2022

Children respond better to parents reading from books compared with tablets

Healio by Rose Weldon Reading from printed books benefits children more than reading from a tablet, a study published in Pediatrics found. Read here

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 13, 2022

Supporting Readers

Bring Me a Book Research Roundup by Diane Stephens To understand how to support readers, let’s start with the goals that we, the support team (caregivers, parents, teachers) have for our

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 13, 2022

A Simple Way to Encourage Students to Read More Broadly

April 16, 2021 Edutopia by Julia Torres When students experiment with ways of classifying books beyond reading levels, they may feel liberated from strict ideas about what they should be reading. Read

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 9, 2022

Building Better Independent Reading with Engagement, Reading Identity and Trust

Heinemann Blog by Dr Jennifer Scoggin and Hannah Schneewing Independent reading is the right of every student, yet we know that too many students are not given access to this

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January 3, 2022

Summer Reading

Trove - a Bookworm's paradise Trove brings together millions of records for physical books, journals, magazines and gazettes held in libraries and collections across Australia, but it also has ever-growing digital

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 31, 2021

Fewer kids read for fun anymore. They’re losing out on more than great stories

Los Angeles Tribune Dec 28, 2021 by Karin Klein Kids who read for pleasure daily score the highest on reading assessments, according to the American Library Assn.; no surprise there. The

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 29, 2021

The Right to Read

The Education Trust, March 2021 by Karin Chenoweth and Tanji Reed Marshall ...in order to ensure that every child has access to a quality education, Duke said, the field of education,

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 19, 2021

Australia Reads

More books, More Often Reading Books Matters to our Health and Happiness: the Growing Research Reading books and its benefits: making us smarter, healthier, happier. Research shows that reading books can be a

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