Friday, 13 September 2013

Early schooling "damages" children and how reading boosts maths skills

Reading regularly has a bigger impact on children's development than their parents' level of education, research has found. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
Children who read for pleasure are likely to make more progress in maths, vocabulary and spelling compared to those who rarely read, a study suggests.
Reading for enjoyment was found to be more important for children's cognitive development between the ages 10 and 16 than their parents' level of education. The research, by the

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