What Does Research in Reading Reveal--About Materials for Teaching Reading?

One of the first steps in improving reading instruction in many schools consists in increasing the amount, quality, and variety of the supply of reading material and other aids to learning. The resources at the teacher's disposal determine to a great extent whether he can provide a systematic and enriched program, meet the individual differences of children, and furnish enough books and selections on a given theme to relate the reading and studies underway to centers of interest for the group and the individual child. Without enough appropriate materials and equipment, adequate instruction cannot be given, either in reading as such or in the entire school program.