Reading at the International School of Florence

In the era of digital technology, more effort is key to keeping our children (and ourselves) reading. It is important because it develops imagination and creativity, provides knowledge about the world, and promotes better communication and vocabulary. One could go on indefinitely about the benefits of reading, and yet we are in an era of divide between the immediacy of digital screens/social media in contrast with written words. Reading must take a priority in education and children provided with multiple opportunities to read.

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