Children's literacy Coverage

How to help your child read better: 3 Tips to help you support your reluctant reader

Here are some tips that can help you work with your child to overcome some of their reading resistance and perhaps find something that changes their mind.

Sarah Stanley, WRAL contributor

Local CEOs talk importance of early literacy among NC students

Business leaders said the solution starts with the classroom experience - which requires the state to address its teacher shortage.

Business executives rally behind plan to support improved early literacy in North Carolina

In Raleigh on Tuesday, local business leaders adressed needs for students and teachers to make the classroom experience better.

Destinee Patterson, WRAL multimedia journalist

Super Bowl champion returns home to read to elementary school students

Kansas City Chiefs Player Joshua Williams participates in local school's 'Read Across America' Week observance.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Wake County libraries host storytime and more fun kid-focused events

There are so many programs at local libraries to check out!

Nili Zaharony, WRAL contributor

NC superintendent calls for more broadband Internet, changes to teacher compensation

The plan in part reflects inequities and challenges amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic; it harnesses the resources of a the new Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration, created this year to address learning disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

NC State Board of Education approves $49.7M contract for teacher training on new reading program

The contract with Voyager Sopris Learning will implement part of state laws passed earlier this year for training pre-kindergarten teachers on how to properly teach reading and spelling via the new Science of Reading approach.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

5 tips to keep your kids reading all summer

Keeping kids reading all summer is a critical way to get them ready to learn in the fall. But, it can be difficult to convince them to pick up a book.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

StoryWalks abound across local parks in July

Do your little ones love books and getting outside? Check out these StoryWalks at local parks across the region.

Sarah LIndenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Book Harvest, Durham Parks team up with book boxes

The book boxes will provide families in Durham with ongoing access to literacy resources so they can thrive in school and life.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Libraries, stores line up summer reading programs for kids to adults

School is winding down for many kids around here and, for some, summer has already started. And that means libraries are gearing up for another summer of programs designed to ensure that kids keep at least a few books in their hands.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Chapel Hill unveils new StoryWalks

Chapel Hill's StoryWalks ca be found in Homestead Park, Pritchard Park and the Tanyard Branch Trail at Umstead Park.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Quail Ridge Books lines up summer reading programs for kids

These programs can fill up pretty quickly.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Raleigh brings back Letterland for month-long celebration of children's literacy

Letterland Day has turned into Letterland Month, and Raleigh is offering a self-guided program for young readers to hunt for Clever Cat, Golden Girl, Harry Hat Man and the rest of the Letterland gang.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Drop everything and read with Kidzu Children's Museum on Monday

Monday, April 12, is Drop Everything & Read Day, and Kidzu Children's Museum will be doing just that with storytimes every hour on its Facebook page.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Read and Explore: Check out these 6 StoryWalks across Wake County in April

A new round of StoryWalks is up at parks across the area this month. These walkable picture book trails, where the laminated pages of a book are posted along a trail or walkway, are a fun way to get out and about. They're perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and early readers.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Senate panel debates phonics education, summer school plan

The Senate Education committee takes up bills that call for emphasizing phonics in elementary schools to boost literacy and propose an extended summer school to help students who have struggled with online classes during the pandemic.

Senate leader, NC superintendent back phonics in schools to boost literacy

Elementary school teachers will be retrained to teach phonics in early grades to help improve literacy among North Carolina youngsters, under a bill filed Monday that is backed by top lawmakers and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Berger: Politics shouldn't derail push to improve student literacy

Elementary school teachers will be retrained to teach phonics in early grades to help improve literacy among North Carolina youngsters, under a bill filed Monday that is backed by top lawmakers and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.

Read and Explore: Check out these 7 StoryWalks across Wake County in March

These walkable picture book trails, where the laminated pages of a book are posted along a trail or walkway, are a fun way to get out and about. They're perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and early readers.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Chapel Hill author's new children's book offers up a bill of rights for girls

Amy Mucha has a lot to celebrate this week. Her first children's book, "A Girl's Bill of Rights," is released on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and it's a long time coming.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

'Runaway Signs:' Popular Raleigh picture book author spins tale about road signs and being taken for granted

If you have your own collection of picture books and chapter books for kids in your house, there's a good chance Joan Holub's name pops up on one or more of them.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Cary student collects 100s of books to spread love of reading to others

Bria Wurst, a junior at Panther Creek High School, asked neighbors to donate books to help children learn to read.

This Cary student heard NC children are struggling to read. She collected 1,240 books to help them.

Bria Wurst told her neighbors she was collecting books to help children read. She collected 1,240 in total.

Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter

Parents, kids have more interaction reading print books than e-books together

Parents who read to their child on a tablet, whether or not the digital book is interactive, had less give-and-take social interaction than when they read a traditional book, according to a study.