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How does reading helps us? Here are the top 10 proven facts about reading:

1. Reading helps your vocabulary

According to researchers, children who regularly read books at an early age develop large vocabularies in the long run. When the child has the benefit of vocabulary, they affect their academic success by passing the different set tests, eventually getting college admissions, and having vast job opportunities.

Many employers are looking for people with soft skills, such as communicating clearly. The benefits of reading books include exposing the reader to new words directly from the read context and increasing your soft skills.

Vocabulary growth is an inevitable consequence of reading. The more you read, the more you expose yourself to new words that slowly become a part of your usual repertoire. This is probably one of the most relevant pros of reading books and one you should definitely learn to take full advantage of.

2. Reading improves communication and conversation skills

Reading gives you a lot to think about; hence you will continually have your mind wander and explore different issues and stories. This means that reading can help you become a better speaker.

3.Reading Reduce Stress- Stress is a common hazard of our modern lives. A study by the University of Sussex demonstrated that six minutes of silent reading can reduce stress levels by 68 per cent. In fact, reading works better and faster than other methods such as listening to music, going for a walk or sitting down for a relaxing cuppa.

4.Reading Helps With Sleep-Reading before bed helps with sleep, especially if your transform your reading into a night-time ritual.

There are a few reasons why reading before bed is good for your sleeping habits. The main reason is the decrease in stress, anxiety and muscular tension associated with reading. Helping you relax and unwind before sleep can make a difference in being able to push aside anxious thoughts and allow your consciousness to drift off.

Another reason is that the habitual ritual allows your mind to associate bed and reading with sleep. To do this, it is important not to mix up your habits. Make sure you switch your smartphone or tablet with a paperback book or eReader as backlit screen devices can disrupt the production of melatonin, and browsing the internet or scrolling through email and social media on your phone can keep your mind alert and in an active state.

5.Reading Inspires Success-Have you heard of the saying ‘not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers’? Well, there’s a lot of truth in that.

Many historical leaders were known to be avid readers, and some of the most successful business leaders such as Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk have associated reading with their career success. Studies in the US show that active readers are likely to earn up to five times than those who spend little or no time reading. A study of the world’s wealthiest people found that the only trait in common was the fact that they read. This was echoed in a study in the UK, which uncovered that on average, the higher the socio-economic group an individual belongs in, the more often they read.

6.Enhaces Creativity- Reading has the potential to boost your levels of creativity. Whether you read about a specific craft or skill to boost it or you are reading randomly for fun, the words could spark new ideas or images in your mind. You may also start to find connections between seemingly disparate things, which can make for even more creative outputs and expressions.

7. Better focus- researchers have found that, compared to using social media, reading helps improve concentration by increasing the capacity for longer attention spans.

8.Reading Improves Literacy-Have you ever read a book where you came across an unfamiliar word? Books have the power to improve your vocabulary by introducing you to new words. The more you read, the more your vocabulary grows, along with your ability to effectively communicate. Additionally, reading improves writing skills by helping the reader understand and learn different writing styles.

9. Assisted cognitive development- Cognitive development refers to how we perceive and think about our world in reference to our intelligence, reasoning, language development, and information processing. By reading to children, you provide them with a deep understanding about their world and fill their brains with background knowledge. They then use this acquired background knowledge to make sense of what they see, hear, and read, which aids their cognitive development.

10.Improved Memory-Reading fiction helps improve memory. Fictional stories are full of details that can help people remember long-term goals and actions. As you read each chapter of the fictional story, you have to remember the characters, conversations, plot, and more.

Why books are important to children?

Because when they started to go to school they need knowledge that reading can produce and reading helps them to improve their skills.

ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS QUOTE: ‘’There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.’’-Walt Disney