A ‘million word gap’ for children who aren’t read to at home
Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 09:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids who were never read to, a new study found. This “million word gap” could be one key in explaining differences in vocabulary and reading development, said Jessica Logan, lead author of the study and […]