Why Your Child should Read Every Day

 

It’s all in the numbers:

 

 

Student A

 

 

Student B

 

Student C

Student A reads 30 minutes per day

Student B reads 15 minutes per day

Student C reads only 5 minutes 4 nights per week

 

WEEKLY

 

Reads 30 minutes x 7 times a week

= 210 minutes/week

Reads 15 minutes x 7 times a week

= 105 minutes/week

Reads 5 minutes x 4 times a week

= 20 minutes/week

 

MONTHLY

 

Reads 210 minutes x 4 weeks

= 840 minutes/month

Reads 105 minutes x 4 weeks

= 420 minutes/month

Reads 20 minutes x 4 weeks

= 80 minutes/month

 

YEARLY

 

Reads 210 minutes x 52 weeks

= 182 hours/year

Reads 105 minutes x 52 weeks

= 91 hours/year

Reads 20 minutes x 52 weeks

= 17 hours/year

 

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

 

Student A practices reading the equivalent of 30 school days per year.

Student B practices reading the equivalent of 15 school days per year.

Student C practices reading the equivalent of only 3 school days per year.

 

A school day is 6 hours long.

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