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3 March 20207 April 2020

Children appear to be more likely/willing to try a new vegetable if they are read a storybook on the vegetable with or without the addition of sensory play

In December 2019 researchers from the UK published the results of their study to assess whether learning about an unfamiliar vegetable (celeriac) through storybooks and sensory play increased its consumption … Read more

22 February 202022 February 2020

The child has a higher level of brain activity during story telling than picture book reading

In December 2018 researchers from Japan published the results of their study to assess the effects of storytelling on the brains of children. It is known that storytelling provides many … Read more

19 February 202019 February 2020

Parents who read 1 picture book with their child every day exposes them to an estimated 78,000 words each a year, which over 5 years means that they hear an estimated 1.4 million more words than children who are never read to

In June 2019 researchers from the USA and Turkey published the results of their study to assess whether reading books to children in their first 5 years of life would … Read more

1 July 201821 November 2019

Food familiarization through picture books helps parents introduce vegetables to preschoolers

In May 2018 researchers from the UK published the results of their study to assess whether picture books on a specific food increased a toddler’s liking and consumption of that … Read more