Claim: Reading to Your 1- and 2-Year Old Boosts Their Vocabulary

Question

This article from U.S. News states that reading to your 1-2 year old child will boost their vocabulary. The original study that the article is pulling from does confirm that there is a positive association between shared reading and vocabulary, shared reading meaning that the parent/guardian is reading with the child. The parent reading with the child appears to be an important factor in improving vocabulary, as well as the diversity of the vocabulary in the books.

Article: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-10-03/reading-to-your-1-and-2-year-old-boosts-their-vocabulary-study-finds

Study: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-child-language/article/associations-between-shared-book-reading-daily-screen-time-and-infants-vocabulary-size/510AE5663835A8EAE49CF0E51456DA04

Comments

This is a great point to put in public view. With the modern creation of fast-paced and addicting content like cocomelon, parents read to there kids less because putting a video in front of them is so much easier at the trade off of being less productive to there kids.

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I believe you did a very thorough job in finding a backing source for the original claim you came across. I liked how you included a study conducted by a legitimate university. I also found backing info such as that reading to toddlers also boosts general cognitive ability, language development, attention span, etc: https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/reading-toddler.html#:~:text=Reading%20to%20toddlers%20often%20(if,your%20lap%20when%20you%20read.

Answer 1

This is true. The study you used is very reliable and I was able to find another study that had very similar results from the Child Mind Institute. Which is a leading non profit in the study of children's developing minds. All their articles are written by child psychologists and proof read by child psychologists

Why Is It Important to Read to Your Child?

 Your claim is unbias and the sources given both align with what you have said. Great Job

Comments

This is a super good topic to spread information on to help other parents encourage the development of their children's minds. Your website proves everything you stated.