New research shows even infants benefit from books and reading.
You’re never too young for books. Reading to babies as young as six months of age leads to stronger vocabularies and better early literacy skills four years later, just as the children are getting ready to go to school.
That’s the finding being presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting on May 8. How often and how vividly kids and adults engage in books together through the toddler years also mattered, predicting early reading and writing skills.
Read also: Your Child’s Brain on Books. What’s happening in your child’s brain when you read a bedtime story?
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