Exploring the links between early childhood poverty and poorer brain development – and how reading can help counteract it.
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An analysis of the prevalence and predictors of developmental health difficulties in New Zealand preschoolers.
Jin Russell, Cameron C. Grant, Susan Morton, Simon Denny & Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) (2022): Prevalence and predictors of developmental health difficulties within New Zealand preschool-aged children: a latent profile analysis, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, DOI:10.1080/03036758.2022.2083188
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Insights from the UK’s largest children’s reading charity.
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Research from the University of Melbourne explores the connections between parents reading to their young children and their child’s later reading and other cognitive skills.
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The crucial role of reading aloud in early literacy development.
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Tony Culliney talks to Radio New Zealand about the 30 million word gap between children from high and low income families and how this initiative is hoping to make a difference. Hear the full interview here.
