Music training seems to boost reading skills in young children by enhancing their ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds that make up words. Learning to play an instrument has long been linked ...

The written word is pretty vital - it's useful for everything from lyrical emotion, comedy and drama, through to the instructions for your dishwasher! If we take written word to a performance level, ...

Reading is Fundamental is the oldest and largest American nonprofit organization that exists to promote children's literacy. Empowering and encouraging kids to read is a cause that everybody can get ...

Music is a school subject facing difficult times. In England, fewer students are taking the subject at GCSE, not enough people are training to become secondary music teachers, and the subject is ...