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improveliteracy

  1. Fixed marriages hindering female literacy in Pakistan bit.ly/vgbQYx
  2. The problem with what we're teaching children bit.ly/nUXcSi
  3. One parent's efforts to turn her child into a voracious reader bit.ly/nuDdp1
  4. What is the best age to start learning languages at school? bit.ly/oaFEqZ
  5. Children taught to read at seven still learn at same pace as a four year old bit.ly/oakqZW
  6. Early childhood education again in spotlight wapo.st/p4FWUW
  7. Horrid Henry grips thousands in Swansea’s Summer Reading Challenge bit.ly/q02buK
  8. America's Early Childhood Education Crisis huff.to/rdQsVN
  9. Raise-A-Reader Day doing great things for #literacy in Canada bit.ly/nu8MRm
  10. Read our latest blog post: Debate over the effectiveness of the LEARN Act bit.ly/qs7xrP
  11. Word on the Street puts spotlight on literacy bit.ly/rgtSqS
  12. This US library is embracing technology to forge ahead in early #literacy development bit.ly/mOxJp9
  13. NEW VIDEO: a narrated version of our personalised children's book The Mystery of the Missing Letters bit.ly/piLKoo
  14. TV hampers parent-child communication and literacy bit.ly/qqHxwf
  15. Read our latest blog post: 6 benefits of personalised book reading... fb.me/1dsvBZ4hd
  16. Parents forced to go private to treat child learning disorders bit.ly/pDBX3k
  17. University of Washington research finds better-prepared care providers give children a literacy advantage bit.ly/pe4elz
  18. What tricks and techniques do you use to get your kids reading? Let us know!
  19. Who should take the main responsibility for child learning? bbc.in/qDRj9l
  20. ING Direct USA Kids Foundation Partners With Books for Kids to Foster Early Childhood Literacy marketwatch.com/story/ing-dire…