Joan KelleyA Covid opportunity for educators: create serious family partnerships around learning to read.Families are more engaged than ever. Use this moment to make a difference.5 min read·Oct 26, 2020----
Joan KelleyListening to Lizzie: We all need things to look forward to.For parents and kids, this summer has to be the break they need.3 min read·May 29, 2020----
Joan KelleyParents have a role to play — it just isn’t this oneI’ve read the articles and heard from lots of parents of PreK-3rd graders; no matter what lens you see this remote learning effort through…2 min read·May 5, 2020----
Joan KelleyI could teach other people’s kids, but not my ownI am a former teacher, but I couldn’t have homeschooled our kids. Long ago, on those inevitable days when I questioned the education our…4 min read·Apr 23, 2020----
Joan KelleyinAboundThe screen debate. How do other parents feel about it?This week, I had more than one investor tell me that parents won’t see a benefit to having an app that builds a child’s reading skills…3 min read·Aug 22, 2019----
Joan KelleyinAboundFirst-time founder, female and 56: a transformative summer at MITI didn’t want to start a company. I wanted to write a book for parents, to help them help their children build the kinds of skills that…4 min read·Aug 15, 2019--1--1
Joan KelleyinAboundDo you know what skills your child needs to become a strong reader?When you pick up something to read — a newspaper or a book or a piece of mail, even — you need to do three main things in order to…2 min read·Aug 13, 2019----
Joan KelleyinAboundShould your preschooler know how to read?“Forrest could read at 3. I didn’t know that was possible!”3 min read·Aug 12, 2019----
Joan KelleyinAboundWhy don’t we identify reading problems early?Here’s what the research shows:2 min read·Aug 12, 2019----
Joan KelleyinAbound10 facts about learning to read that most parents don’t knowThere are three types of skills children need to become strong reader. Most people think it is just about learning letters and sounds, but…3 min read·Aug 7, 2019----