Newsletter | October 2021

Overcoming Learning Loss

Dad reading with kids

4 Ways Parents Can Improve Learning

  1. Parents who foster a love of reading in their children provide one of the most essential elements in their academic success.
  2. Keeping a positive perspective, even when kids are struggling or failing, is essential.
  3. Turning ordinary daily interactions into teachable moments is also helpful.
  4. And keeping in touch with your child’s teacher means that all of you are working as a team to help your child succeed.

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Did you know?
  • 6 additional minutes of reading per day can significantly improve kids’ reading performance
  • Children who read at least 20 minutes a day are exposed to almost 2 million words per year
  • Over 80% of teenagers don’t read for pleasure on a daily basis
  • Harvard Family Research Project: Parent involvement is the number one predictor of early literacy success and future academic achievement for children
  • University of Sussex scientists: Reading a book or newspaper for just 6 minutes lowered people’s stress levels by 68%
  • Yale University Study: People who read books for 30 minutes a day lived longer than those who read magazines or newspapers
  • University of California study: people with a 9th grade or higher literacy level are 4 to 5 times more likely to maintain mental capacity with age
  • The three most-read booksThe BibleQuotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, and Harry Potter
  • Love the way books smell? That’s called “bibliosma

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