According to a 2019 study published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
“Parents who read 1 picture book with their children every day provide their children with exposure to an estimated 78,000 words each a year. Cumulatively, over the 5 years before kindergarten entry, we estimate that children from literacy-rich homes hear a cumulative 1.4 million more words during storybook reading than children who are never read to.”
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Logan, Jessica A. R. PhD*; Justice, Laura M. PhD*; Yumuş, Melike PhD†; Chaparro-Moreno, Leydi Johana* When Children Are Not Read to at Home_ The Million Word Gap, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics_ June 2019 - Volume 40 - Issue 5 - p 383-386
