"The digital world is changing our brains and reading just might make us healthier .... If reading were to decline significantly, it would change the very nature of our species. If we, in the future, are no longer wired for solitary reflection and creative thought, we will be diminished."
‘Loud’ kids become silent readers as they grow - Over the next four years, scientists may be able to reveal when and how children develop accurate oral reading and advance from ora... 
Books can take you to new worlds, provide solace when you are lonely and allow you to feel the joy and pain of others. A video about will smiths speech after winning and award at the children's TV award. Running and reading.... (Will Smith is GOD & apparently I've gotta start reading! 
Here are quotes that illustrate the importance of reading. 
Enabling children to enjoy reading is one of the most important gifts a parent can do. Kids will learn reading skills in school, but they will come to associate reading with work, not pleasure. as a result, they may lose their desire ... 
Are students losing the love of reading?Petrolia Topic"Literacy skills are similar to muscles in the sense that if you do not use them, you lose them," said Kilbreath. 
Reading fiction can strengthen your social ties and even change your personality (Reading fiction strengthens your social skills! ..even Twilight? 
Gail Rebuck: It doesn't matter if books are delivered in print or by smartphone, the main thing is to get lost in reading them... 
Reading is a complex set of processes through which meaning is derived from written texts. Through the reading process, a set of skills ... 
There's a new reading sheriff in town. As of Tuesday, Walter Dean Myers, is the national ambassador for young people's literature, a job that requires him to tell every adult how important it is for kids to love books. 
When you hear someone say, “I hate reading” or “I pick up a book only when I have too,” is your internal response “I’m sorry to hear that.” |
''Reading is the most common area parents are willing to spend money in before their children start school, because they want them to be school-ready" 
With technology developing at a record pace and kids mastering iPads before they’re even out of diapers, it’s more important than ever to instill the love of reading in our children. Here are 50 Children's Books with a Positive Message. 
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that The Mary Sue readers have read at least one book twice. If not three, four, ten times. So it's nice to know it's not just for fun, it actually benefits your health! 
“Learning to read begins at birth,” said Clara Bohrer, an advocate for early childhood literacy in the United States. “The parent is the child’s first and most valuable teacher, and parents need to be educated to be equipped for so vital a role in the child’s development.” 
The acid trips, war wounds, and survival stories that led to your most treasured childhood fantasies..... 
As the Library of Congress’s newly named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, award-winning author Walter Dean Myers wants disadvantaged teens to know words can save them. 
From the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.....What is Reading? How does reading work? Helping children develop good reading skills.... The Importance of Reading Books. January 11th, 2012 | Category: Critical Thinking. You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.–Ray Bradbury. When I was thirteen, I got to spend a month on a horse ... http://www.sixtysecondparent.com - Learn why reading aloud is so important to young children's learning. One of the most important skills a parent can teach ... 
I've been a devoted, even fanatical reader of fiction my whole life, but sometimes I feel like I'm wasting time if I spend an evening immersed in Lee Child's newest thriller, or re-reading The Great Gatsby.
Over the past decade, academic researchers such as Oatley and Raymond Mar from York University have gathered data indicating that fiction-reading activates neuronal pathways in the brain that measurably help the reader better understand real human emotion — improving his or her overall social skillfulness. 
Analysis of PISA data “based on teenagers in 14 developed countries, found that active parental involvement at the beginning of school was a significant trigger for developing children's reading skills that would carry through until ... 
Almost half of teenagers are failing to read books in their spare time after struggling to grasp the basics of literacy at a young age, Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister, has warned. 
Reading is one of the most important activities you can do with your child. Even if you only have a few minutes a day, grab a picture book and sit down with your child and read. Here's what several celebrities have to say about ... |
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