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Opinion: In my view - Reading is to be shared
Nursery World,
18 June 2009
By Sally Goddard Blythe, freelance consultant in neuro-developmental education and director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in Chester
The poll commissioned to mark National Family Week showing that just under half of all children are missing out on a traditional bedtime story is a travesty of our times. Reading to a child involves more than simply telling a story. Long before children learn to read they learn to love the music of language, the tonal, rhythmic and dynamic aspects of speech, which are exaggerated when read out loud. Listening to stories, often repeated many times, helps develop memory, including...
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