Try to see it from a kid’s point of view. School is NOT in session. The days are long, warm and sunny. There’s finally time for TV, video...

What is that special something that enables a person to survive and  sometimes even excel under challenging circumstances? What factors or r...

Have you ever used a manual typewriter? Have you ever seen a tumbleweed or a coal chute? If you haven’t, it would be hard to understand so...

Conversations are all about give and take. One person asks and the other person answers.  What is it about our questions and answers that ca...

The achievement gap between at-risk youth and advantaged youth usually begins even before children arrive at school. It often starts with a ...

“All young children are great artists. The importance of their art is in the act of creating with confidence and in using their imagination...

For volunteers, interacting with kids at Read-Alouds can be intimidating. Children are interested in different things than adults, their so...