2-3 Between 2 and 3 years old, toddlers learn a new word every day.
3rd Third grade is long past the time to intervene for a struggling reader.
3-4 3 to 4 letters/spaces to the left and 14-15 letters/spaces to the right of where we fix our eyes is where we pick up meaning from what we read .
4 There are 4 ways to pronounce the letter A using standard American English.
4-5 Children should be speaking in complete sentences by 4 or 5 years old.
6-12 Between 6 and 12 months old, infants should start babbling.
10-15 A typical student needs to interact with a word 10 to 15 times in order to learn it.
12-18 Children usually say their first words between 12 to 18 months, but not always.
18-24 Children usually say their first tiny sentences between 18 and 24 months.
20 If a child can count to 20, that is a sign he might be ready for kindergarten.
20-30 Kindergarten children should read or be read to 20 to 30 minutes daily.
24th US students scored 24th out of 65 countries taking the latest Program for International Assessment tests.
30 First graders should read or be read to 30 minutes daily.
42-44 The number of letter sounds in standard American English is 42 to 44, depending where you live.
220 There are 220 Dolch words, better known as sight words.
300 Children from professional families hear 300 more spoken English words in an hour than children of parents on welfare.
1,000 Parents should read to their children 1,000 books before kindergarten, according to the 1,000 Books Foundation.
2,000 A student learns about 2,000 new words a year.
88,500 An incoming high school freshman should know 88,500 word families.
2,250,000 A student reading an hour a day will read 2.25 million words in a year.
32,000,000 Children from professional families hear about 32 million more words—including repeated words—than children from poorly educated families.
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