Comments on: How environment affects your child’s learning https://homeschoolvillage.co.uk/homeschooling/these-things-in-your-home-will-boost-your-childs-learning/ Resources for homeschooling Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: howtou_Admin https://homeschoolvillage.co.uk/homeschooling/these-things-in-your-home-will-boost-your-childs-learning/#comment-18 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:34:18 +0000 http://howtounschool.co.uk/?p=317#comment-18 In reply to Farah.

Thank you so much for your input 🙂

I completely agree with having lots of books – I have lots of books in every room!

I was referring more for younger children in terms of the books they are able to reach and choose from, keeping them a little bit less and then rotating the books or increasing the amount as they get older and when they get better at tidying/reaching more shelves etc. so that they don’t get overwhelmed at a young age and enjoy the process of choosing a book etc.

Apologies if that wasn’t clear in the article x

]]> By: Farah https://homeschoolvillage.co.uk/homeschooling/these-things-in-your-home-will-boost-your-childs-learning/#comment-17 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:28:14 +0000 http://howtounschool.co.uk/?p=317#comment-17 You make some great points in your post and I certainly agree about decluttering. I do disagree about having lots of books in the home however, be it for children or otherwise. Research shows that being surrounded by books at home increases the love for books and indeed literacy in children/ young adults. See below link and there are many other articles about this.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/10/growing-up-in-a-house-full-of-books-is-major-boost-to-literacy-and-numeracy-study-finds

Books are a beautiful privilege. And being surrounded by them creates wonder. I would suggest putting a book basket in each room to encourage kids to pick and read wherever they are and this also allows for a tidier space, as well as having a home library if space allows. Books can always be rotated for enjoyment.

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