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“quantitative evidence that teaching children to read from age five is not likely to make that child any more successful at reading than a…

— Terry Marselle

Our scholastic system isn't structured to make sure that kids in the fifth or sixth grades absolutely know how to read.

— Edward Albert

We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

“No matter what our curriculum requires us to teach or how little class time we have, children must read a lot in order to…

— Donalyn Miller

I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I don't know…

— Joan Ganz Cooney

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.

— Michael Morpurgo

Learning to read and write makes little sense if you don't understand what you're reading and writing about. While we may have forgotten, most…

— David Elkind

Kids can learn a lot by seeing things rather than reading it.

— Diogo Morgado

“Differences in reading ability between five-year olds and eight-year olds are caused primarily by the older children's possessing more knowledge, not by the differences…

— E.D. Hirsch Jr

If we are always reading aloud something that is more difficult than children can read themselves then when they come to that book later,…

— Mem Fox

Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to…

— Kate DiCamillo

I want other kids to see the joy in reading and literacy and how, if you read about things, they become so much closer,…

— Marley Dias