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Why listening to stories and talking about them is so important for young children

By Fufy Demissie, Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education, Sheffield Hallam University

Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to young children is a pleasurable activity in itself, but it also lays the foundation for language and literacy development and has social and emotional benefits.

What’s more, research for decades has shown a…

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