For several years now, awareness campaigns like First 5’s “Talk. Read. Sing.” have emphasized the importance of reading to young children to support early language and literacy. A 2019 study from Rutgers University provides further research to support this: “[t]he study found that shared reading with children at 1 year old was associated with higher vocabulary scores on a standardized assessment at age 3, in line with previous published studies.” Read more about the study and its implications on the Rutgers website here: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/young-children-and-infants-read-parents-have-stronger-vocabulary-skills
