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Bear in mind the reasons why books are such a valuable learning tool when you choose them All adults working with young children know how important it is that children learn to read. The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) recognised the importance of promoting children's early reading development in the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage. No less than half of the early learning goals for communication, language and literacy are about early reading.

All adults working with young children know how important it is that children learn to read. The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) recognised the importance of promoting children's early reading development in the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage. No less than half of the early learning goals for communication, language and literacy are about early reading.

The importance is borne out in research findings. Recent studies such as the Bookstart Project in Birmingham have shown that when parents and carers give children positive experiences with books from an early age, they have an advantage when they start school, and other studies have shown that children achieve better in their later education.

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