READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

10 Ways Reading Helps Kids Rise

  • 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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  • Reading is relaxing.

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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.

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...and most of all reading is fun!

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