- Interruption in formal education (school closures) has unequal effects on each child depending on additional factors like poverty or disability
- This study does not incorporate the possible literacy ability impacts of online learning
- Uncertainty for stats on children whose parents never read to them since sample size was very small

Study Limitations for Study on Literacy Loss in Kindergarten Children During COVID-19 School Closures

The amount you read to your Kindergarten children at home has a significant impact on their literacy skills and reading to your children everyday is the most effective way to mitigate literacy loss during school closures.

Syracuse University

Read-alouds are beneficial for children because they provide a higher sentence complexity than regular conversations or oral storytelling. This higher sentence complexity is referred to as ‘book language’. Additionally, read-alouds offer the opportunity for the child to practice sounding out words and interact with the letters and text, even when rereading the same book.

Discussion for Literacy Loss in Kindergarten Children During COVID-19 School Closures

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341367955_Literacy_Loss_in_Kindergarten_Children_during_COVID-19_School_Closures 

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