cel·e·brate (verb) - - to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities - to make known publicly; proclaim - to praise widely or to present to widespread and favorable public notice    Note: Definition was taken [...]

Every school, each Literacy Partner paired with two students, on a specific day, at a specific time is how the Education Connection story is being written...one book a time!I Author Kate DiCamillo shares with us how the power of words [...]

20 Ways to Encourage Reading reprinted with permission from Reading is Fundamental (RIF). This list was originally printed in the RIF Parent Guide Brochure. 1. Scout for things your children might like to read. Use their interests and hobbies as [...]

Reading is an integral part of learning.  Students spend their first few years in school learning to read and the remainder of their academic careers they are reading in order to learn.   Reading Rockets published a helpful article that outlines the top ten [...]

The beginning of a new year is a fresh start, just like a new book, except this book comes with 365 blank pages.  This time of year is a time of making resolutions and determining how we want to focus [...]

The young readers in your life - be they the students you work with or the little ones that are a part of your family - will soon be leaving the classroom for Winter Break. Nearly all of them will [...]