Everyone knows how important it is to read to your children.  Studies show that reading to your children supports their cognitive development, improves their language skills, prepares them for academic success, provides a special bond with your children, increases their concentration and discipline, improves imagination and creativity, and cultivates a lifelong love of reading.

If you need to mix up your bedtime story routine a little bit, the Global Space Education Foundation has just the thing for you: Story Time in Space.  It’s exactly what it sounds like — astronauts on various missions in space read popular children’s books while floating about, and the videos are edited and shared with kids way down on Earth.

Check out Story Time in Space HERE!

Courtesy of Amy McLeod, The McLeod Group Network

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