As a parent, how do you remember your time spent as a student in school?  Do you smile when you think of your carefree elementary days, cringe when you think of all your awkward junior high/middle school moments, or relish in the memory of the teenage glory that was high school?& …

Reading Horizons recently joined that social media phenom, Pinterest. And we’ve done it with abandon – sharing pins and boards like Education Quotes, Education Reform, Lesson Ideas, Humor for the Classroom, and Literacy Help. What makes Pinterest an excellent reading …

February 29, the NEA kicked off the “Read Across America Tour – Driven by Mazda,” as children were visited by the Lorax himself. The nation’s largest reading event of 2012 will visit 20 cities on the East and West coasts, and stop at public schools and Mazda …

by Kathy Chappell-Muncy MS Ed. Reading and Literacy and Margaret Nichols MS Ed. Reading and Literacy Much as papa tiger watched and worried as his little tiger son Leo didn’t speak, or eat nicely, write or read in Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus, we parents …

1. “A Book on Every Bed” – This campaign was started last year in an effort to get a million books on the beds of a million children. The campaign continues on this year in an effort to foster a love of reading in children across America. Here’s how you …

With the increasingly popular e-readers (such as Kindle) on the rise, the question arises- are printed books on their way to becoming obsolete? According to American Booksellers Association’s CEO Oren Teicher, “ABA in no way believes that print books are going away. …

 If you have a young child, it’s probably safe to say that you hope for your child’s future success. You want your child to succeed in school and every aspect of his life. Luckily, there is a simple step you can take each day to ensure this will happen. In order to spur …

How motivated is your child to do well in school? Is he disinterested or eagerly working to enhance his mind? Recent research from Ben-Gurion University has revealed that your child’s motivation may be more swayed by your attitude about their education then …

The back to school season is in full-swing. Now that the syllabus has been handed out and the introductions and formalities of starting a new school year are almost complete, expect loads of homework to start coming in. For a child, managing homework can be stressful but you can help to …

"Reading comprehension is about much more than answering literal questions at the end of a passage, story, or chapter. Reading comprehension is an ongoing process of evolving thinking. When readers read, they carry on an inner conversation with the text. They respond …