Becoming a fluent, skilled and attentive reader starts at the earliest stages, before children encounter a book for the first time, partly driven by the quality of their parents’ talk with them that expands their vocabulary. All talk is useful, especially when directed to your child specifically. Talking about books, however, brings particular advantages. Researchers looked at the impact of parents reading with their children quoted the following figures about their findings: Here is how many words children would have heard by the time they were 5 years old:
Never read to 4,662 words
Read to 1-2 times a week: 63,570 words
Read to 3-5 times a week: 169,520 words
Read to daily: 296,660 words
Read to 5 books a day: 1,483,300 words
Help to make your child a word millionaire, enjoy sharing books with them and talking about books.