Why read

100 Reasons Why Reading is Important, How you can get into a Reading Habit, If you're curious about the importance of reading, you’ll find out many reasons why it is important to read. Plus, reading to kids, reading challenges, and Great Books to Read

What would you add to the list? 👉 10 most important benefits of reading books every day #infographic

Something reading builds a world up around you as you continue sentence to sentence – plunging further into the depths of the literary world. Some may call this a ‘journey’ with each book bringing you another step of the way acting as one more city or sight to see. If this were the case then the

Last week, my fellow reading specialist and I hosted a parent night at school to educate parents about how to help their child with reading and writing at home. With the cold weather, turnout was not as high as expected, but I really think the parents enjoyed the presentation. I saw a lot of head nods, which is encouraging! Above is a small preview of the Prezi we used for our presentation. To have the actual presentation click here. For the presentation, we used these great handouts from…

As students head back to school, ELA teachers everywhere are considering how they are going to begin the school year, so I wanted to walk you through one of my favorite lesson plans entitled, “Why do we read?” As an educator, there are few things as exciting and rewarding as introducing a young person to […]

Why is reading good for you? If you’re a bookworm, you might be curious about what reading does for you besides simply being a fun pastime. And if you’re not yet a reader, you might be wondering why you should pick up a book at all… There are so many exciting benefits of reading, so if you’re wondering about the reasons why reading is good for you then here are 5 compelling reasons to pick up a book!

With summer right around the corner, it is important to remind students and parents the importance of reading 30 minutes a day. Parents re...

Here are ten reasons why reading is important for children.

Bette Fetter, founder and CEO of Young Rembrandts and author of the Amazon #1 bestseller, Being Visual, has created an infographic to show you reading benefits.

There were three students. One read at home for 20 minutes each day, the second for 5 minutes, and the third only one minute…