About Reading
It's been said that teaching reading is rocket science. The following articles provide an introduction to what's involved in teaching kids to read and where we are in succeeding or failing at doing so.
Featured partner:
International Reading Association
Our shows on PBS
- The Roots of Reading
- Sounds & Symbols
- Fluent Reading
- Writing & Spelling
- Reading for Meaning
- Reading Rocks!
- Reading and the Brain
- A Chance to Read
- Toddling Towards Reading
Reading roundtable
Professional development webcasts
Interactive tools
In our blogs
Sound It Out
- How running a reading program is like running a campaign
- Peering inside the brain
- The Rats of NIMH: THAT'S how people learn to read?
- Darn hard work: Working with struggling readers
- What sounds to teach when?
- More...
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Top articles
Basics
- Speaking Is Natural; Reading and Writing Are Not
- Effective Reading Instruction
- Learning to Read and Write: What Research Reveals
- Ten Myths About Learning to Read
- Some Principles from the Reading Research
For parents
For teachers
- Ten Myths About Learning to Read
- The Alphabetic Principle
- Why Some Children Have Difficulties Learning to Read
Download and print
- Reading Tips for Parents in English and 10 Other Languages
- Family Literacy Bags
- Beginning Readers: Look I Can Read This!
- Emergent Readers: Look! That's My Letter!
- Recognizing Reading Problems
- Help Your Child With Writing
- Common Signs of Dyslexia
- Ready to Read: Heading for the Classroom
- Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension
- More...
FAQs
Research
- Learning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print
- Learning to Read: The Great Debate
- Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children
- Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms
In our LearningStore
- Launching Young Readers: 11-Part Series
- Getting Ahead: Reading and Writing (Grades K-3)
- Building the Reading Brain, PreK-3