Month: September 2018

Greetings, Meadow Brook Partners!

Why is it so critical to include 20 minutes of reading in your child’s daily schedule? 

There is a wealth of research supporting daily reading with your child especially prior and during the period when he/she is learning to read. 

Here are a few ways that reading for 20 (or more) minutes a day benefits your child.

1. Reading is brain food—the experience of reading (whether you are the reader or the one being read to) activates and “exercises” many of the areas of the brain.

2. Reading improves listening skills.

3. Reading builds early literacy skills—phonics, phonemic awareness, concepts of print, word knowledge, 

4. Practice makes better—the more exposure the stronger the skill.

5. Reading improves academic performance.

6. Reading improves relationships—there is nothing more wonderful then spending 20 minutes one-on-one with a child.

Wishing you joyful reading!

Mrs. Lyons