In 1997, Congress had a national panel convened to assess the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read.  This site offers the valuable findings of their research and information about reading instruction.  If you'd like to know more about the instruction your child is receiving or ways you can help more effectively, this site will be of great value to you!

Dr. Bruce Murray, of Auburn University, offers an informative site on how children learn to read.    Click the same image in our Kid's Corner to read decodable stories in a Power Point format.