In a society where children can use a smart device, sometimes even before they can walk, we need to ask ourselves if the fundamentals of early learning are being forgotten. While parking children with technology can be convenient and sometimes necessary, exposure to books, reading and quality time are being traded in for this easy alternative. Reading is instrumental and with a decline in literacy rates across Australia, now more so than ever, we need to ask who should teach our kids to read?
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