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Children ditch books over summer holidays and their vocabulary gets worse

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Children ditch books over summer holidays and their vocabulary gets worse
Daily Star
Daily Star1 hrs ago
Children ditch books over summer holidays and their vocabulary gets worse
Nearly three quarters of children (74%) saw their screen time increase over the summer holidays with one in three parents saying it went up significantly
Wales Online
Wales Online5 hrs ago
Study shows children lose 20pc of 'reading gains' over long summer holiday
Children return to school reading less well than when they left
The Mirror
The Mirror🏁 first to report5 hrs ago
Screen time soars as children ditch books over summer holidays
It’s the week when millions of children are heading back to school. But as well as sun, sea and a well-deserved rest, the long summer holiday can have a downside.
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