There is so much conflicting advice on parenting on a regular Google search. It’s hard to know what sources to trust. Do you follow your parent’s and grandparent’s advice or the latest parenting fads?
Shelby and Nathanael Coonrod found themselves in this situation when their son, Evan, was born. They were committed to doing the right thing, they just didn’t know exactly what that entailed.
The first five years of a child’s life are extremely important. So important, in fact, that 90 percent of their brain is developed by age 5! Every word that a child hears will help them to develop vocabulary, put concepts together and build stronger brain connections.
The vocabulary, attention span and general knowledge in a child ages 3-4 is a good predictor of how well a child in 3rd or 4th grade will do with reading comprehension. Luckily, there are many things parents can do to help children with those reading skills.