The end of the school year is in sight, but it's not too late to help lower-level readers catch up. Experts across the country were asked about the most common obstacles to reading success--and effective ways to over-come them. Their insights and tips can help a teacher make a real difference before summer begins.

The language experience approach to early reading is currently receiving renewed attention. Too often its full potential is not realized due to certain limitations. This article reports on a project in which those limitations were overcome and highly gratifying results achieved. (Author)

A series of short articles describing the involvement of parents in the educational process. (MB)

What do a circus, a gold mine, karate, and Bigfoot have to do with reading? They're four of the 42 ways to get your kids into books. Prepared especially for Children's Book Week, "READATHON" is loaded with all kinds of ideas. (Editor)

Reading improvement in school-age children is the focus of the 10 articles within this supplement. Topics include recent research findings, classroom activities, teaching methods, computer-based instruction, literature-based programs, home-based activities, stages of reading development, and reading resource materials. (IAH)

Teaching methods and suggestions for social studies instruction, for remedial mathematics instruction, and for stimulating students to read were discussed. (RK)

Twenty ideas to motivate reluctant young readers in kindergarten and elementary school classrooms are presented. The ideas include reading contests, prizes, classroom decor, and community involvement. (PP)