And, did you know that kids today are reading less than ever?
The Scary Stats
The Scary Stats
- As of 2011, America was the only free-market country where the current generation was less educated than the previous one.
- Kids today are reading at three grade levels below what kids were reading one-hundred years ago.
- Nearly 85% of the juveniles who face trial in the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate, proving that there is a close relationship between illiteracy and crime. More than 60% of all inmates are functionally illiterate
- A person with poor literacy is more likely to live in a non-working household, live in overcrowded housing, and is less likely to vote.
The Exciting Stats
The Stats About the Role of Parent or Guardian
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Junkfood
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the three types of books – Candy, Substance, and Veggie
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Sources For Statistics
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/08/28/343735856/kids-and-screen-time-what-does-the-research-say
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201401/reading-fiction-improves-brain-connectivity-and-function
(National Literacy Trust, Reaching Out with Role Models, April 2009)
(2013 research by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown from the Institute of Education)
http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/brain-development/faqs-on-the-brain.html#parentsrole
Gordon Wells, The Meaning Makers: Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn (Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1986)
Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998)
Lynn Fielding, Nancy Kerr, and Paul Rosier, The 90% Reading Goal (Kennewick, WA: The New Foundation Press, 1998), page 68.
http://readingfoundation.org/the-solution/programs/read-with-a-child/?gclid=CjwKEAjwycaqBRCSorjE7ZewsmUSJABWzM54oN0GUqqoM-xYNaDypWV_5Wzbydmt-6FLJTLoXZpA4RoC2m7w_wcB
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201401/reading-fiction-improves-brain-connectivity-and-function
https://www.crc.losrios.edu/files/onebook/NEA_Reading_Report.pdf
- Reading a quality novel improves a person’s ability to feel emotion and relate to others. Neuroscience researchers found that “becoming engrossed in a novel enhances connectivity in the brain and improves brain function, improving the reader's ability to put themselves in another person’s shoes and flex the imagination.” (Bergland)
- Students who do more reading at home have higher math scores.
- Reading for pleasure is more important for children's cognitive development than their parents' level of education.
- Reading for pleasure is more important than either wealth or social class as an indicator of success at school.
The Stats About the Role of Parent or Guardian
- Parents are the most important reading role models for children and young people. Sadly, 25% of adults read zero books last year.
- For every year you read with your child, average lifetime earnings increase by $50,000. By the time your child starts kindergarten, you make a $250,000 gift to your child by reading aloud just 20 minutes a day!
- Fourth graders who reported having 25 books or more at home had higher scores on reading tests than children who reported they didn’t have that many books.
So Let's Get Reading!! It's never too early or too late to make reading a priority. Subscribe if you want to stay in the loop with new tips and ideas for raising readers.
You might also like:
Raising Devoted Readers - why reading matters and how to get kids onboard.
Coming Soon
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Home Reading Workshop – My favorite sixty minutes of the day
15 Simple Ideas To Help You Raise Devoted Readers – little habits that make a big difference
A Book is a Book— so does it really matter what you read? (Yes) Plus, the fiction vs. nonfiction debate.
Reading and Brain Function
Does it Really Matter how long you read? (Yes!)
Books Vs Screens—the debate, the answers, and how to find balance.
Blah Blah Blah – the nasty condition of being overfed and malnourished with mental
Junkfood
Choice – Should kids get to choose their own books? (Yes, kind of.) Plus, more on the
the three types of books – Candy, Substance, and Veggie
Reading Revolution – Taking a Stand and Calling for Change in Our School District and Community
Reading Challenges – helping reluctant readers and those with learning disabilities.
Sources For Statistics
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/08/28/343735856/kids-and-screen-time-what-does-the-research-say
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201401/reading-fiction-improves-brain-connectivity-and-function
(National Literacy Trust, Reaching Out with Role Models, April 2009)
(2013 research by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown from the Institute of Education)
http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/brain-development/faqs-on-the-brain.html#parentsrole
Gordon Wells, The Meaning Makers: Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn (Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1986)
Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998)
Lynn Fielding, Nancy Kerr, and Paul Rosier, The 90% Reading Goal (Kennewick, WA: The New Foundation Press, 1998), page 68.
http://readingfoundation.org/the-solution/programs/read-with-a-child/?gclid=CjwKEAjwycaqBRCSorjE7ZewsmUSJABWzM54oN0GUqqoM-xYNaDypWV_5Wzbydmt-6FLJTLoXZpA4RoC2m7w_wcB
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201401/reading-fiction-improves-brain-connectivity-and-function
https://www.crc.losrios.edu/files/onebook/NEA_Reading_Report.pdf