A pediatric neurologist and child psychologist discusses the definition of learning disabilities and considers the role of individual differences in reading readiness and reading problems. (CL)

Forty children with an average age of four years three months, did computer-presented reading-readiness activities under different pre-activity and feedback conditions. Overall it was found that children responded significantly better when an introduction to the story preceded computer activities and when active feedback for incorrect responses…

Nonverbal and verbal forms for various classroom activities are a large and important part of what children learn in school. This article focuses on the relationship between two aspects of group storyreading--the nonverbal "looking-like-readers" and the verbal "talking-like-readers." (CB)

Parents can help young children learn to read or become better readers. Activities designed to be done at home each evening are suggested to teach and reinforce beginning reading skills. (MT)

Proposes a variant of the language experience approach in which teachers provide simple models of repetitive sentences about an interesting object. (FL)

Currently, an increasing number of states support school readiness programs, recognizing that high quality early childhood education positively affects all children's success in school and the quality of their future. Recent federal initiatives, including Good Start Grow Smart, the revised guidance for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)…

Discusses results of a survey of kindergarten teachers on the question of early reading instruction in kindergarten classrooms in the state of Virginia. (CS)

Conservation is positively correlated with reading readiness and intelligence. Suggests that conservation is worthy of attention by primary teachers as a predictor of the child's readiness for learning to read. (ST)

Presents research on reading attitudes in children along with a readiness checklist for use by teachers. (RB)

Results of this study suggests that as the teacher is attempting to find the source of a young child's reading difficulties he might have the child's level of ocular development examined. (Authors)