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EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Parents of children ages 0-5 were asked questions regarding how frequently
they participated in activities with their children, such as reading, telling
stories, working on letters, singing songs and playing music, working on arts
and crafts, and playing games. Most of Iowa’s young children had recently
participated in at least some of these activities. In the week prior to the survey,
95% were told a story; 81% worked with letters, words or numbers; 97% sang
songs or played music; 65% worked on arts and crafts; and 88% played a
game. Two-thirds of Iowa’s young children were read to every day, and only
2% were not read to at all. Most of the children who were not read to were
infants under age 1. Figure 9 shows the variation by age for the activities in
which young children participated.
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