New research from the University of Nevada states that children growing up in homes with many books get 3 years more schooling than children from bookless homes, independent of their parents’ education, occupation, and class.
Just imagine, you can help your child get the equivalent of three years extra schooling- I would rather use the word ‘learning’ – by having books in your house, books that children can look at, learn to read and love and enjoy.
The report says that more books you have in the home the more your child is exposed to learning. And this result holds no matter what country or political system families live in.
Having books in your home is as great an advantage as having university educated rather than unschooled parents, and twice the advantage of having a professional rather than an unskilled father.
This is an amazing finding.
If you want your child to get a good education – have books at home.
If you can’t afford to buy them go to the library, beg, borrow, share.
What a simple way to help your child succeed!
But wait a minute! Who buys the books? Who takes the kids to the library to borrow books? Who encourages children to read?
It is fine and dandy to state that having books in the home leads to more learning but perhaps a more important implication is that when children have parents who care enough about their education to make sure that there are plenty of books in the home children learn more.
It is not just the books that are helping children learn, it is the attitude of their parents!
For those who want to read the full report – it is a bit of a dry read -
it is available online at www.sciencedirect.com
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Here is some interesting research relevant to your post that you may be interested in. About Childhood education.
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/12/10/new-research-13-christmas-gifts-13-point-gain-in-kids-iq.aspx?print=true