Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wrangling your energetic kindergartener for quiet reading time at home every day can be...rough. But it’s worth doing. Why?

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - In a kindergarten classroom at Riverside Elementary in Sioux City, students are practicing sight words, but learning to read starts long before kindergarten. “Research says that ...

Growing up, my mom and dad read me a picture book the night before I started each new school year. When bedtime came, I would curl up in bed next to my parents—and my dog—and listen intently as they ...

“I’ll teach my dog 100 words. The first six words I’ll teach my pup are: Dig a hole? And fill it up!” My 75-year-old husband can still recite this book by Michael Frith by heart from the years and ...

Have you heard about the 1,000 Books Foundation? I love this idea–read 1,000 books to your preschooler, before the little one starts kindergarten. It’s okay to count books that you re-read. That’s ...

Two-year-old Sophia Lunar loves Peppa Pig and Cookie Monster. She doesn’t just see the characters on children’s television shows but enjoys them in books her mom reads to her. Sophia is a part of the ...

PITTSFIELD -- The school year may be coming to an end, but for early childhood educators and advocates, it's never too early to start preparing children for kindergarten. The Berkshire Museum, through ...

Dial Books Get ready to be goofy, parents, because The Book With No Pictures will make you appear ridiculous whether you like it or not. Wildly funny and incredibly clever, this book does a bang-up ...