It isn't often that I stray from the regular format of my blog, but after receiving a request from Save the Children about a children's literacy crisis I thought this was a good opportunity to speak about something that I feel quite passionate about.
We are very fortunate to be able to feed ourselves and Ethan healthy meals and snacks everyday and provide him with countless toys and books to play with and learn from. (I had a quick count, and at 19 months old Ethan already has over 100 books). But unfortunately everyone else isn't so lucky.
The facts of the Food for Thought report are shocking. Malnourished children are 20% less able to read and a quarter of the world's children are chronically malnourished, which is causing a global reading crisis.
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1 comments
Thank you for posting this on behalf of myself and Save the Children.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to have a teacher's perspective on the matter.