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> [Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/experts-in-literacy-and-child-development-have-discovered-that-if/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

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## Other authors on Child development

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## More by Mem Fox

> [Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/writing-a-picture-book-is-like-writing-war-and-peace-in-haiku/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [“As adults we choose our own reading material. Depending on our moods and needs we might read the newspaper, a blockbuster novel, an academic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/as-adults-we-choose-our-own-reading-material-depending-on-our-moods/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-was-the-most-australian-child-ever-in-the-world-even-though-my-home/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fire-of-literacy-is-created-by-the-emotional-sparks-between-a/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-don-t-go-to-church-much-anymore-but-methodist-values-still-wind-me/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fastest-way-to-teach-a-child-to-read-is-to-teach-them-to-write/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [Books don't harm kids; they arm them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/books-don-t-harm-kids-they-arm-them/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-think-sometimes-we-rush-through-countries-ticking-off-the/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/if-you-are-not-a-writer-you-will-not-understand-the-difficulties-of/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fire-of-literacy-is-created-by-the-emotional-sparks-between-a-2/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/experts-in-literacy-and-child-development-have-discovered-that-if/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [You're not lonely when you're teaching, you're not quiet, you're laughing most of the time, you're having a wonderful time interacting with young people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/you-re-not-lonely-when-you-re-teaching-you-re-not-quiet-you-re/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/putting-babies-as-young-as-two-weeks-into-child-care-for-the-first/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/as-everyone-knows-nothing-is-sweeter-than-tiny-baby-fingers-and/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

> [I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/i-don-t-know-why-some-people-have-children-at-all-if-they-know-that/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

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