education – Prolingual

Learning to Read Vs. Reading to Acquire

You don’t acquire the ability to read, but reading is the most effective way to acquire language. After turning 40, I wanted to do something that would challenge me and push my life and career to a new level. With zero prior experience and no other motive than my own internal drive, I committed toContinue reading “Learning to Read Vs. Reading to Acquire”

For the Love of Reading

Extensive reading is sustained, fluent, enjoyable reading for the purpose of building language. If you follow the news in public education, you have likely seen a national push for legislation aimed at improving early literacy instruction. The ‘Science of Reading’ movement advocates for better instructional materials and teacher preparation in evidence-based reading strategies, especially inContinue reading “For the Love of Reading”