Did You Ever Wonder Why Five in a Row was Based on Reading the Same Book Five Days in a Row?

Did You Ever Wonder Why Five in a Row was Based on Reading the Same Book Five Days in a Row?

β€œWe may not ever know why some books come to exert such spellbinding power that children want to hear them again and again. Perhaps it will forever be a mystery, like love. There does however seem to be one solid, prosaic explanation: children enjoy repeating books because the experience imbues them with feelings of competence and mastery; because, with each reading, they understand a bit more of what they’re seeing and hearing.” by Meghan Cox Gurdon … an excerpt from π˜›π˜©π˜¦ 𝘌𝘯𝘀𝘩𝘒𝘯𝘡𝘦π˜₯ 𝘏𝘰𝘢𝘳.Β 

This explanation captures the very reasons why 𝘍π˜ͺ𝘷𝘦 π˜ͺ𝘯 𝘒 π˜™π˜°π˜Έ has you read the same story five days in a row to your child! How wonderful for a child to learn new things and feel confident in their thinking and abilities!

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