Teachers call for mandatory storytime in primary schools as HarperCollins study reveals benefits
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New research from HarperCollins has found that storytime in primary schools can improve childrens’ reading age by 13 months, with the majority of teachers who took part in the study calling for it to be made mandatory.
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