READING IS FUNDAMENTAL
10 Ways Reading Helps Kids Rise
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Books in the home are the single biggest indicator of academic success — surpassing income, parents’ education, family composition, and all other factors.
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Reading together helps families develop closer relationships with one another.
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Reading expands your vocabulary, which helps expand understanding and the ability to express oneself.
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Reading opens your mind to new people and places and enhances your imagination.
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Books help children flex their critical thinking skill muscles as they seek to figure out what happens next in the story.
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Books teach your child about relationships, situations, personalities, and what is good and what is bad in the world he lives in.
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Reading promotes positive communication in families.
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Reading helps build character.
...and most of all reading is fun!
