We all know the feeling: snuggling close with your little one as you open a well-worn book. The sound of your voice calming them. The shared laughs and gasps as the characters come to life. Bedtime ...

Reading bedtime stories is as important as changing diapers, but there’s a right way to do it. Research shows interactions such as reading and talking to your child can lead to a 30 million word ...

When you read aloud to children, they learn how to distinguish different sounds and words. This helps them build their vocabulary and understand how words are pronounced. When children hear stories ...

As South Africa marks International Read to Me Day, literacy advocates are urging parents and caregivers to pick up a book and spend just a few minutes reading aloud to children.

In this recurring series, we ask literacy experts in classrooms and libraries to discuss their techniques for selecting and sharing books to lead engaging storytimes for young readers of all ages.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Parents and teachers often stop reading aloud to children as they get older and can read on their own. But reading aloud actually helps students with fluency and vocabulary and boosts their own ...

With technology an inescapable reality of modern life, the critical question that looms over parenting today is: how can we shield our children from a world explicitly designed to captivate and ...