MSU Extension Child & Family Development

Did you know?

• Reading proficiently by the end of the third grade can be a “make or break benchmark” in a child’s educational development.
• Eighty-three percent of children who are not reading by the fourth grade are at risk of failing to graduate from high school on time.
• Michigan ranks 43 out of the 50 states in meeting national reading standards by the fourth grade.
• Preschoolers, whose parents read to them, tell them stories or sing songs with them, tend to develop larger vocabularies, become better readers and perform better in school.