WSRE’s Imagination Station gives parents the power to build readers
- March 1, 2015
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Lydia Weeks’ favorite place to hang out is with Super Why. Her mom, Monique Weeks, brings Lydia, 2, to Super Why’s place — also known as WSRE’s Imagination Station.
ECARE gives parents teaching tools and time
- March 1, 2015
- / Mollye Barrows
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Leah Flood wants a good education for her three children and knows reading to them is important. The problem is finding the time.
The more children hear, the more they learn
- March 1, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
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Thirty million words. That’s the difference between poor children and their better-off classmates. It boils down to that number in programs from the South Side of Chicago to the Pensacola Metro.
The foundation for learning begins long before elementary school
- March 1, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
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Preschoolers last year participated in the Florida Center for Reading
Research at Florida State University. It showed how children learn to recognize letters, read words and comprehend what they see on a page.