Study: Reading Books To Your Children Every Day Is Worth A Million, Literally
Snuggling up with the kids for a bedtime story is worth a million in so many ways. But if you need more motivation, consider the results of a recent Ohio State University study that found reading five books a day to your children exposes them to about 1.4 million more words by kindergarten than those children who did not have books read to them.
“Kids who hear more vocabulary words are going to be better prepared to see those words in print when they enter school,” says lead study author Jessica Logan, an assistant professor of education studies at the university and a member of the OSU Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, in a release. “They are likely to pick up reading skills more quickly and easily.”...
Dr. Joel Beeke | 1/4/2009
