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Publication Date: January 2007
Publisher: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
Author(s):
Research Area: Population and demographics
Keywords: Early childhood education; Child development; Neonatal health
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
A study of lower-income mothers with children in Early Head Start shows that reading to very young children even before children have begun to identify letters can form an important foundation for vocabulary development and language skills later in life.