Reading Can Improve Your Brain

Have you ever had a teacher tell you to practice your reading as it can assist your vocabulary, your writing, use of language and lots more? Ever wondered "is this true or is the teacher just pushing me to read?"

Latest research shows that not only does reading improve all kinds of areas of your life by improving your knowledge, but reading can actually improve your brain.

Take a look at the YouTube Video here.

After watching the video, we hope you will understand that reading is important but more than that, we need to take care of what we read and the kinds of books our children read. If our children will begin to imagine themselves as being the characters of a book, just as explained in the video, are the characters of the books your children read the ones you'd like to be role models for them? If not, take a little time and search for quality reading material.

What are your thoughts on the topic? We'd love to hear from you here, below in the comments section.

Recent Book Reading

Book reading of Why Unicorns Eat Lavender at the Book Lounge in Roeland Street, Cape Town.

Notice how focused everyone is. Completely absorbed in the adorable story, being read by Rosemary Kahn, the author.

The original paintings on silk being shown to the children by the artist, Annie Pigott while Rosemary Kahn reads the story. Once again, notice how all heads are facing the illustrations and the story.

The next Book Reading is due to take place at Folio's, a new bookshop opposite Westerford School in Newlands.

To schedule a Book Reading, please post a request at the bottom of this post or send an email. To purchase your very own book, just click on Why Unicorns Eat Lavender or browse this blog for further details.