The Benefits of Reading Every Day
Supported Cognitive Development: The more adults read aloud to their children, the more they will know and understand about the world and their place in it, assisting their cognitive development and perception.
Improved Language Skills: Reading aloud to a child helps build key language, literacy, and social skills. It also introduces the language of books, such as descriptive words and grammatical structures.
Preparedness for Academic Success: The more prepared children are to read, the more likely they will graduate from high school. Numerous studies show that students who are exposed to reading before preschool are more likely to do well when they reach their formal education. In addition:
Skillful, critical and voluminous reading is one of the most important personal habits that lead to a successful academic career.
Students whose parents read with them regularly during their first year of primary school scored an average of 14 points or higher on a comprehensive reading assessment.
Young children who are regularly read to have a larger vocabulary, higher levels of phonological awareness, letter names, sound awareness, and decoding words.
4th graders who scored at reading proficient or better by race and family income, 2018
Increased Concentration and Discipline: Along with reading comprehension comes a stronger self-discipline, longer attention span, and better memory retention.
A Lifelong Love of Reading!