Shared reading has many benefits. Among them, it can help your child develop a bigger vocabulary.
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Reading styles vary in effectiveness. Here are six things you can do, based on research, to help your child get the most out of shared reading.
Early shared reading is linked to a number of benefits for children, including better performance in NAPLAN, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and mathematics.
Psychology researchers bring infants into the lab to learn more about how shared book reading influences brain and behavioral development.
There are benefits to shared reading long after children can read to themselves, so how long should you read to your children?
When you read to children, they develop abilities to express emotions through language.
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Clinician, Australian Catholic University
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