NU students who are parents instill reading’s pleasures in their children
A 2006 study conducted by children’s publisher Scholastic Books found that the children of parents who are “high-frequency readers,” defined as those who “read for fun everyday,” are much more likely to “love reading.” Susan B. Neuman, a professor of childhood studies at the University of Michigan,” also confirms that reading to and with your children, from birth through adolescence, “matters enormously” in relation to their intellectual development. Reading to children as well as discussing what’s been read, according to Neuman, enables them to learn about themselves, “life, the world and written language.” Below two NU students, Heather Holman and Angela Gonzalez describe the process as well as the rewards of reading to their children.
Reading prowess results in long term school success, by Heather Holman »
Stomping our feet like monkeys & rapping Dr. Suess, by Angela Gonzalez »
