Read more! Not sitting somewhere in a quiet place and drinking coffee a la Hemingway, but in your children’s bedroom when kids make cozy nests in their beds, after a day full of games… Don’t you know why?
As The Guardian writes, researchers from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) in the U.K. are following about 19,000 children from infancy to school. This longitudinal survey has brought many interesting results this year.
Оne of them showed that “…children whose parents read to them every day at the age of three were more likely to flourish in their first year in primary school, getting more than two months ahead not just in language and literacy but also in maths.”
If you feel sad that you haven’t given your kids enough care and attention, don’t forget that you always have the chance to work off your guilt, at least in part. One way might be to show children opportunities for self-development using computers and the Internet. Let them know about educational websites and free educational games. And don’t forget to play online together!
