G.J. Whitehurst, M Senechal, C.E. Snow, A.G. Bus, and many other leading literacy researchers agree that ‘Read Aloud’ (often referred to as shared book-reading) lifts a child’s ability to recognise letters, understand that print represents the spoken word…
The Importance of ‘Language-Rich’ Conversations International research has found that a young child’s vocabulary, speech patterns and conversation duration closely mimic that of their parents – in fact 86% – 97% of words a toddler (3 year old)…