The Deseret News – Kelsey Dallas
“Parents, prepare your funny voices. Reading picture books with young children is an essential part of nurturing a healthy brain, according to new research. Two separate studies have explored how listening to books boosts thinking skills, helping children evolve into good readers and students. “Early reading is more than just a nice thing to do with kids,” said Dr. John Hutton, a clinical research fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, to The New York Times. “(Reading) really does have a very important role to play in building brain networks that will serve children long-term as they transition from verbal (communication) to reading” on their own.”(more)