Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. “Do we need to read, or can we just get ...

This article by Stephanie N. Del Tufo, assistant professor of education and human development at the University of Delaware, has been republished with permission from The Conversation’s Curious Kids ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

Music training seems to boost reading skills in young children by enhancing their ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds that make up words. Learning to play an instrument has long been linked ...

Lead to Read KC held its first book fair, giving mentors new books to share with students as part of efforts to boost early ...