#KidsNeedBooks

Summer is over and school is about to commence, much to the delight of some but much to the dismay of others. The beginning of the school season signals a return to early mornings, routines and responsibilities.

Part of the school routine - perhaps the most important part - is learning to read. Amazingly, some children make it to university without being good readers. How does that happen? 

I suspect it's simply a lack of practice. The more that one reads the easier reading becomes and the greater the vocabulary expands. Literacy just does not happen by staring at an electronic screen, which is such a passive experience. 

Reading, on the other hand, is an active exercise that works the brain and allows the reader to "see" movies in the mind. There is no other experience like it, in spite of special effects and wizardry of the technical world. 

So, parents, unplug your children and share some books with them. They will benefit for the rest of their lives from the experiences in their minds.

Denise

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