It’s predicted that children who are read to at least once a day will hear 290,000 more words by age 5 than those who aren’t read to by a parent or caregiver.

(Source: Ohio State University, “When Children Are Not Read to At Home: Million Word Gap”) cited by Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation

Children in low socioeconomic communities are almost 2× as likely to be behind in early development skills as high-socioeconomic status peers

(Source: Pan-Canadian Public Health Network) cited by Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation