Finding Time to Read


 

Finding Time to Read

An average reader can read 300 wpm so…

15 minutes a day=4500 words

7 days a week=31, 500 words

52 weeks a year= 1,512,000 words a year

 

The average book=75,000 words so…

We can read an average of 20 books a year in 15 minutes a day

That is over 1000 books in our lifetime just with 15 minutes

 

 

Finding time to read, part 2

What effect does reading have on vocabulary?

0 words= 0% growth

100,000 words=  50% growth

400,000 words=  60% growth

1,000,000 words=  80% growth

2,000,000 words=  90% growth