News & | i, FP Helping Kids Achieve (NAPSA)—There’s a pleasant, easy way parents and teachers can improve their own memory and mental devel- opmentand help their children do the same. How? Simply by reading at least 15 Pages A Dayin print. Expert Advice “Reading,like playing a musical in- strumentor exercising, involves habit,” explains Dr. Naomi Baron, professor of linguistics at American University. She studied students in the United States and found students who read digitally xi 2 Reading with your kids benefits them and you. are more distracted. “Ninety-two percent of U.S. students found it easiest to concentrate when reading a hard copy,” said Dr. Baron. “Students tell us they remember more when reading in print, spend more time when reading print and read morecarefully than with digital texts” Adds Daniel Willingham, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, there’s a “cost to com- prehension when students read from a screen.” What To Do To exercise your brain, pledge to read at least 15 Pages A Day in print. Share your involvement andinvite friends to take the pledge using #15Pageson social media. WhyIt Matters The American Library Association says “students who read independently becomebetter readers, score higher on achievementtests in all subject areas, and have greater content knowl- edge than those who do not” Reading aloud for 15 minutes a day aids language development,instills a love of reading, and increases under- standing of how knowledge is gained and shared. Currentresearch indicates that taking notes by hand on paper aids memory andrecollection. According to another recent study, “people who regularly read and write have a markedly slower decline in memory than people who don't” Where To Learn More The Paper & Packaging—HowLife Unfolds™ campaign explains the benefits of reading on paper at www.how lifeunfolds.com/15pages.
