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The 1.4 Million Word Gap: What Happens When Children Miss Out on Bedtime Stories
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The 1.4 Million Word Gap: What Happens When Children Miss Out on Bedtime Stories

By the time two children walk into their first kindergarten classroom, one may have heard 1.4 million more words than the other. Not because their parents lo...

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The Million Word Gap: How Reading Aloud Shapes Your Child's Brain Before Kindergarten
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The Million Word Gap: How Reading Aloud Shapes Your Child's Brain Before Kindergarten

Your toddler squirms in your lap, grabbing at the pages before you can finish the sentence. You're exhausted. The dishes are piling up. And somewhere in the ...

·6 min read
The Million Word Gap: How Reading Five Books a Day Gives Your Child a 1.4 Million Word Advantage
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The Million Word Gap: How Reading Five Books a Day Gives Your Child a 1.4 Million Word Advantage

Your four-year-old points at a penguin on the page and asks, "What's Antarctica?" You explain it's a frozen continent at the bottom of the world. She nods, f...

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