Child Literacy

"The most important thing you can do to ensure your child's academic success is fun for both parent and child and it's free. Literacy experts agree that reading aloud to your child from an early age is the single best way to prepare him or her to learn to read. Those good reading skills will provide the foundation for acquiring other knowledge later on.

Any time you read a book to your child, or even talk or sing, you're laying the foundation for what educators call “early literacy.” Early literacy is essentially everything a child knows about language and reading and writing before he or she can actually read or write. By creating a language-rich environment when your child is very young, you are supplying the building blocks for learning. Experts say this early learning pays big dividends later, when your child enters school..."

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http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20120209/LIFESTYLE/120209004/Experts-emphasize-importance-early-literacy