Reading

How To Get Dads To A Parenting Class? Ask Them To Read To Their Kid

2:54pm January 23, 2017

by Jessica Boddy

In a world of mom-focused parenting classes, this class got low-income Latino dads engaged by focusing on a tangible skill: reading to their preschoolers. It ended up helping dads and kids alike.

Jozef Jason, 7, reads a book to Ryan Griffin at the Fuller Cut in Ypsilanti, Mich., as part of the barbershop's literacy program.

Choose A Book And Read To Your Barber, He'll Take A Little Money Off The Top

1:46pm October 12, 2016

by Jennifer Guerra

A great way for kids to brush up on reading skills? Why, reading to the barber, of course. That's the idea at one barbershop in Ypsilanti, Mich. Oh, and in Houston, Dubuque, Iowa, and Columbus, Ohio.

One of the pigeons in a study that found the birds could distinguish dozens of words.

Can Pigeons Spell? New Study Suggests They Can Recognize Words

7:56pm September 22, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The smartest pigeon learned to recognize about 60 four-letter words. It's the first time an orthographic brain has been recorded in a nonprimate.

The Libromat, which combines laundry and literature, results in brighter brights and brighter kids.

Rinse, Spin, Read To Kids: It's A Mashup Of Laundromat and Library

5:37pm October 27, 2015

by Andrew Boryga

Go to the laundromat, wash the clothes, get lessons on how to do a great job reading books to your kids. Crazy idea? But it's really happening!

If you are the firstborn, you probably got a lot more Mom time. Does that mean you're also going to need glasses?

Firstborns May Be More Nearsighted, And Parents May Be Why

11:34am October 09, 2015

by Nancy Shute

Firstborns in Britain are more likely to be nearsighted, a finding that matches other studies. Maybe it's because parents are more likely to push studying than they do with subsequent kids.