This is a long, heavy, scholarly article about reading development worldwide.
Let me give you just a few interesting points from it.
The years from birth to age three are very important to later literacy. That’s when babies learn about language so reading to preschoolers is vital. Language teaches children how to categorize things – how to organize their world so they understand it.
Using gestures with children not yet able to talk helps them learn.
Kids will learn words much faster if they’re interested in the item or topic under discussion, and they learn faster when an adult responds to them.
Children learn grammar as they learn vocabulary. This is why reading books together helps so much. They learn sentences, they are with an adult and the story is usually interesting to them.
The frequency of reading is more accurate at showing children’s educational success than socio-economic status.
Giving kids an exciting book to read is a great start. Reading it with them is even better.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cdr/2012/602807/
Helen Woodall
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