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Secon\u00adda\u00adry school tea\u00adchers obser\u00adve: an incre\u00adasing num\u00adber of school\u00adchild\u00adren still strugg\u00adle with gram\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly and ortho\u00adgra\u00adphi\u00adcal\u00adly cor\u00adrect Ger\u00adman when tran\u00adsi\u00adtio\u00adning to upper secon\u00adda\u00adry school. We also noti\u00adce this in our high school pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon cour\u00adses<\/a> and indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal tuto\u00adring<\/a>. In our opi\u00adni\u00adon, this is lar\u00adge\u00adly due to child\u00adren rea\u00adding books less and less fre\u00adquent\u00adly at home. Stu\u00addies show a clear cor\u00adre\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween a chil\u00add\u2019s aca\u00adde\u00admic per\u00adfor\u00admance and regu\u00adlar recrea\u00adtio\u00adnal rea\u00adding at home. <\/p>\n

Becau\u00adse: rea\u00adding at home has been pro\u00adven to fos\u00adter a chil\u00add\u2019s voca\u00adbu\u00adla\u00adry. The same appli\u00ades to cor\u00adrect grammar and spel\u00adling. Wri\u00adting style also bene\u00adfits, as child\u00adren who read at home uncon\u00adscious\u00adly imi\u00adta\u00adte the wri\u00adting style of the books they read. All of this is extre\u00adme\u00adly important for both Ger\u00adman school gra\u00addes and the high school ent\u00adrance exam, with its hea\u00advi\u00adly weigh\u00adted essay component. <\/p>\n

Fur\u00adther\u00admo\u00adre, rea\u00adding pro\u00admo\u00adtes a chil\u00add\u2019s con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon skills. This bene\u00adfits them in all sub\u00adjects and forms the basis for suc\u00adcessful learning in pri\u00adma\u00adry and secon\u00adda\u00adry school. Stu\u00addies even show that rea\u00adding books at home is one of the most important fac\u00adtors for a chil\u00add\u2019s aca\u00adde\u00admic suc\u00adcess \u2013 even more so, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, than the socioe\u00adco\u00adno\u00admic back\u00adground from which the child\u00adren come. <\/p>\n

We the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre stron\u00adgly recom\u00admend pro\u00admo\u00adting rea\u00adding at home as ear\u00adly as pos\u00adsi\u00adble. Par\u00adents who read aloud to their child\u00adren fre\u00adquent\u00adly at home ease their tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon to inde\u00adpen\u00addent rea\u00adding. Child\u00adren also read more often in house\u00adholds whe\u00adre books are always visi\u00adble and acces\u00adsi\u00adble. It is wort\u00adhwhile to regu\u00adlar\u00adly visit the libra\u00adry with your child so they can choo\u00adse books they enjoy. And final\u00adly, to encou\u00adra\u00adge rea\u00adding, it is essen\u00adti\u00adal to limit dai\u00adly screen time so that rea\u00adding beco\u00admes an attrac\u00adti\u00adve alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve to boredom. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth it! Becau\u00adse a child who enjoys rea\u00adding at home has alre\u00ada\u00addy done half the work for aca\u00adde\u00admic success.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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