The Montessori Group

  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

(321) 779-0031

  • Home
  • Montessori Overview
    • Why Montessori?
    • The Montessori Method
    • Origin of Montessori
    • What Makes Montessori Unique?
    • How Does Montessori Work?
    • How is Creativity Encouraged?
    • How Can a “Real” Montessori Classroom Be Identified?
  • Inside the Classroom
    • Practical Life Skills
    • Sensory Development
    • Language
    • Mathematics
    • Science
    • Geography
    • Art
    • Outside the Classroom
  • Programs
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Our Schools
  • Admissions
  • News
You are here: Home / Montessori at Home / This is your child’s brain on reading

This is your child’s brain on reading

February 8, 2016 By Montessori Group 1 Comment

When parents read to their children the difference shows in children’s behavior and academic performance. And according to a new study, the difference also shows in their brain activity.

Researchers looked at children ages 3 to 5 who underwent brain scans called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while listening to a pre-recorded story. The parents answered questions about how much they read to, and communicated with, their children.

Parents Reading to Preschool Children Improves Behavior & Academic Performance

The researchers saw that, when the young children were being told a story, a number of regions in the left part of the brain became active. These are the areas involved in understanding the meaning of words and concepts and also in memory. These same brain regions have been found to be active when older children listen to stories or read.

This study shows that the development of this area starts at a very young age, said Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, program director of the Reading and Literacy Discovery Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Horowitz-Kraus is one of the authors of the study, which was led by Dr. John S. Hutton, pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. It was published on Monday in the journal Pediatrics. …View the entire CNN article

Trackbacks

  1. Study says reading aloud to children builds literacy | Montessori says:
    February 22, 2016 at 10:35 am

    […] Reading aloud is the best way to help children develop word mastery and grammatical understanding, which form the basis for learning how to read, said Massaro, who studies language acquisition and literacy. He found that picture books are two to three times as likely as parent-child conversations to include a word that isn’t among the 5,000 most common English words. […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Montessori Overview

Join our mailing list

Admissions

The Montessori Group encourages applications from all students. We look for children and parents who share our goal of a nurturing, cooperative atmosphere in which to challenge students to reach their full potential in their intellectual, physical, and artistic pursuits.


Montessori Links

  • American Montessori Society
  • Michael Olaf
  • Montessori Foundation
  • Nienhuis Montessori

Recent Posts

  • Curious how we are different?
  • Finding the Right Preschool
  • International “Sing Peace Around the World” Event
  • What Types of Sound Experiences Enable Children to Learn Best?
  • Cynthia Thomas builds The Montessori Group into a thriving enterprise

Accreditations

SACS Accreditation

SACS Accreditation

Affiliations

American Montessori Society

Location

The Montessori Group MapThe Montessori Group
1290 Highway A1A
Satellite Beach, FL 32937
(321) 779-0031

Copyright © 2023 · Outreach Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in