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How Can Something as Simple as Reading to a Child Be So Effective?

We read to children for all the same reasons we talk with children: to reassure, to entertain, to bond; to inform or explain, to arouse curiosity, to inspire. But in reading aloud, we also condition the child’s brain to associate reading with pleasure, create background knowledge, build vocabulary, and provide a reading role model.
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