Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. … Read More

If you have never recorded an audiobook before, working with a producer would help you through the technical difficulties. Turns out, converting your self-published book into an audiobook using a pro can cost less than half the price of doing the work yourself, mostly because you don’t have to buy equipment. For those of you writing a fiction nov… Read More

The same applies to “Jimmy Crack Corn,” “Camptown Races,” and “Oh Susannah,” meaning that Bugs Bunny had me singing a lot of secretly racist tunes as a child. Continuing the trend of strange french nursery rhymes is Fais dodo. I say “baby french slang” because there are a series of words that end in “o” and “ou” that are res… Read More

Neither of these methods is conducive to practicing with music. But there is a practice style you can use called mindfulness that does allow for listening to your favorite music created by your favorite musicians. The best part is, mindfulness is the most popular form of meditation across the world and thousands of people combine it with music that… Read More

You’ll probably find that you enjoy it like never before. This music became known as “meditation music” and the assumption grew up that we should listen to music while meditating. If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “I can’t meditate,” it might be time to revisit the practice with a deeper understanding of what meditation is really … Read More