Action Mats create resources for primary and early years children focussing on movement skills and active learning.
Study finds reading leads to higher pay
Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that children from low income backgrounds that possess high reading skills at the age of ten, will earn 21 per cent more than someone of the same age and from the same background by the age of 38. Conversely, children from richer backgrounds with higher reading skills at the same age, will tend to earn ten per cent more than their peers.
The report, The Power of Reading, was constructed by the Read On, Get On campaign and serves as an encouragement for government policy makers to ensure that all children leave primary school with a good level of literacy and reading skills. In order to do this, the report calls for a commitment for graduates to lead lessons in every nursery by 2020, and urged university leavers to join the profession.
John Cleverdon, who chairs the campaign, said: "Every child deserves a fair start in life – regardless of the wealth of their family. By providing quality and qualified teaching in every nursery, we can ensure every child arrives at school with the building blocks in place to learn to read and succeed."
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