KU researcher sheds light on benefits of book reading for children

Most parents know that a good bedtime story can lull a child to sleep. And parents have long assumed that reading books with their child improves that child’s language skills and intellectual development. So it is surprising that, until recently, there was not much real proof of the widely held notion that joint book reading improves children’s communication skills. Now, a University of Kansas researcher has added to that evidence, showing that joint book reading is indeed associated with a child’s use of language and giving new details about how the variety of books and context of joint reading impacts linguistic development. Read more about this research in this article from the Kansas City infoZine website.