Why your child should read for 20 minutes every day?
Source: U.S. Dept. of Education ...:Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Became a Reader" Washington, D.C.
"Why can't I skip my 20 minutes of reading tonight?"
Let's figure it out --- MATHEMATICALLY!
Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night ..... or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week. Student A reads 20 minutes x 5 times a week = 100 minutes per week. Student B reads 4 minutes x 5
times a week = 20 minutes.
Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month. Student A reads 400 minutes a month. Student B reads 80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months per school year. Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year. Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.
Student A reads in the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.
By the end of 6h grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits,
Student A will read the equivalent of 60 minutes whole school days.
Student B will have the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think Student B will feel about himself or herself as a student?
Source: U.S. Dept. of Education ...:Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Became a Reader" Washington, D.C.
"Why can't I skip my 20 minutes of reading tonight?"
Let's figure it out --- MATHEMATICALLY!
Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night ..... or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week. Student A reads 20 minutes x 5 times a week = 100 minutes per week. Student B reads 4 minutes x 5
times a week = 20 minutes.
Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month. Student A reads 400 minutes a month. Student B reads 80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months per school year. Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year. Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.
Student A reads in the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.
By the end of 6h grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits,
Student A will read the equivalent of 60 minutes whole school days.
Student B will have the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think Student B will feel about himself or herself as a student?
Some questions to ponder:
Which student would you expect to read better? Which student would you expect to know more? Which student would you expect to write better? Which student would expect to have a better vocabulary? Which student would you expect to be more successful in school ..... and in life?
Why Read 30 Minutes A Day? If daily reading begins in infancy, by the time the child is five years old, he or she has been fed roughly 900 hours of brain food? Reduce that experience to just 30 minutes a week and the child's hungry mind loses 770 hours of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and stories. A kindergarten student who has not been read aloud to could enter school with less than 60 hours of literacy nutrition. No teacher, no matter how talented, can make up for those lost hours of mental nourishment.
Therefore, 30 minutes daily = 900 hours; 30 minutes weekly = 130 hours; less than 30 minutes weekly = 60 hours.
Guess you now understand why reading daily is so very important.
Why not have family night readings? It is just great to just shut off the television for 20- 30 minutes and read..... and share.
Which student would you expect to read better? Which student would you expect to know more? Which student would you expect to write better? Which student would expect to have a better vocabulary? Which student would you expect to be more successful in school ..... and in life?
Why Read 30 Minutes A Day? If daily reading begins in infancy, by the time the child is five years old, he or she has been fed roughly 900 hours of brain food? Reduce that experience to just 30 minutes a week and the child's hungry mind loses 770 hours of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and stories. A kindergarten student who has not been read aloud to could enter school with less than 60 hours of literacy nutrition. No teacher, no matter how talented, can make up for those lost hours of mental nourishment.
Therefore, 30 minutes daily = 900 hours; 30 minutes weekly = 130 hours; less than 30 minutes weekly = 60 hours.
Guess you now understand why reading daily is so very important.
Why not have family night readings? It is just great to just shut off the television for 20- 30 minutes and read..... and share.
Nutrition and You, an extract from www.yourwestvalley.com / Daily News-Sun/ September 24, 2013
Many consumers still ignore breakfast by Kresent Thuringer
"Surveys indicate that up to 40 percent of children regularly skip breakfast. But busy-bee mamas are too frenzied to know that eating breakfast improves school performance and nutritional well-being as well as providing a good way for the little darlings to start the day.
Read on:
* Children who eat breakfast score higher on achievement tests and have lower rates of absenteeism.
* Kids who eat breakfast before school are less likely to be described by teachers and parents as depressed, anxious or
hyperactive.
* Eating breakfast can significantly boost memory capability.
* The morning meal can provide up to 28 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamins and minerals. Nutrients
missed by skipping it are not compensated for in subsequent meals."
Many consumers still ignore breakfast by Kresent Thuringer
"Surveys indicate that up to 40 percent of children regularly skip breakfast. But busy-bee mamas are too frenzied to know that eating breakfast improves school performance and nutritional well-being as well as providing a good way for the little darlings to start the day.
Read on:
* Children who eat breakfast score higher on achievement tests and have lower rates of absenteeism.
* Kids who eat breakfast before school are less likely to be described by teachers and parents as depressed, anxious or
hyperactive.
* Eating breakfast can significantly boost memory capability.
* The morning meal can provide up to 28 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamins and minerals. Nutrients
missed by skipping it are not compensated for in subsequent meals."