The Importance of Reading Day

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A reminder to recommit to provide time and space within your daily family schedule to allow for your child’s enjoyment of a good book or other written materials. Research has long substantiated the correlation between the investment of reading at home and increased student achievement at school.

For example:

  • If your child reads 20 minutes per day, it amounts to 3,600 minutes of time on text and totals 1,800,000 words read per year.
  • If your child reads 5 minutes per day, it amounts to 900 minutes of time on text and totals 282,000 words read per year.
  • If your child reads only 1 minute per day, it amounts to 180 minutes of time on text and totals 8,000 words read per year.