Reading Fairy has been created by early reading experts using the latest academic and government research and best early years practice.
Top 10 highlights
- Parents and the home environment are essential to the early teaching of reading
- 50% of a child’s learning happens in the first four years of life
- 80% of our brains are fully developed by age three
- Latest government research states synthetic phonics to be the best way of teaching reading
- Reading for pleasure impacts academic success
- Children who are regularly read bedtime stories at age 5 perform better in spelling, reading and maths tests.
- Music, songs and rhymes improve cognitive and language abilities in infants
- Babies recognise music and words in the womb
- Recent academic research suggests the brightest children can be switched off if they are only taught to decode words without reading for meaning or developing a love of books.
- 1 in 7 children left UK primary schools unable to read to the required basic standard
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References:
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/1153/advocacykit.pdf
http://www.urbanchildinstitute.org/why-0-3/baby-and-brain
http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2013/08/babies-learn-recognize-words-womb
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151715/https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-00155-2011B.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-evidence-on-reading-for-pleasure
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10299763/Reading-for-pleasure-boosts-pupils-results-in-maths.html
