Going beyond the Million Words

https://news.osu.edu/a-million-word-gap-for-children-who-arent-read-to-at-home/

This article talks about “Extra-textual” - which is basically all the extra stuff that happens when we read to littles. There’s a lot of buzz in the early childhood world about reading books to littles from birth- and for good reason. But like everything else the effect can be amplified by the ‘extras’ of imaginative & playful song, games, movement. So when you read, do more than just read... discuss, explore, play, sing

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