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Reading with Children in Infancy Leaves Lasting Literary Impact

Source: New York Daily News A bedtime story’s goal isn’t just a good night’s sleep. New research from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that reading books with a child beginning in infancy can boost vocabulary and reading skills four years later – before they even start elementary school. High-quality reading in infancy lead to early reading skills years later, and high-quantity storytime in toddlerhood showed strong ties to literacy skills, like name writing, as early…