Healthy SA: Kids are reading less and less [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — Now that kids are back in school, learning has resumed. In today’s Healthy SA, we learn that learning, and more specifically reading, can go a long way in keeping a child’s mind in tip-top shape.

When we talk about reading, it doesn’t have to be a physical book. It can be on an iPad, laptop, phone, or even an audiobook. Anything to keep the child learning and improving their vocabulary.

Melanie Sheridan, the director of marketing and communications with United Through Reading, told us, “Screen time can be problematic, but don’t discourage your kids. However, if they want to pick up a book, and whatever format they want to, should definitely be encouraged.”  

The Literacy Project says one out of every two adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level. Two out of every three fourth graders do not read at their grade level. As our …