| One of the most important skills your child can | | | | entertaining! |
| learn is reading. Besides counting, it is probably the | | | | By learning to read early, children are set up to |
| first intellectual skill addressed in the school | | | | pay more attention to other aspects of school, |
| systems. However, it's beneficial for your children | | | | including learning social skills, teamwork, and other |
| to give them a head start so that they are | | | | such necessary traits to succeed in daily life. |
| already beginning to read upon entering school. | | | | Getting a head start allows a child to progress |
| What advantages do kids have when they begin | | | | further as well, so that later in life, the individual's |
| reading prior to entering school, and just how far | | | | vocabulary is extensive and far exceeds the |
| should you go in teaching your child to read? | | | | average individual in both reading and speaking |
| While it is certainly not expected that a | | | | ability. |
| five-year-old in kindergarten could pick up a | | | | Well-read individuals, especially those who can |
| Stephen King novel and read it, it's a great idea to | | | | credit their success to the diligence of parents |
| put your child in a position to be ahead of the | | | | who were willing to take time and teach them as |
| average child in his or her reading ability. | | | | children, are known to progress farther in school, |
| Progressing beyond The Cat in the Hat is certainly | | | | in college, and in the workplace. Often, because |
| not frowned on, though your child may then be | | | | their knowledge is broadened by the range of |
| bored by kindergarten reading assignments. A | | | | topics on which they've read, they are also more |
| good teacher for this age group recognizes that | | | | socially involved, with the ability to engage in |
| kids are at different levels and adjusts for each | | | | conversation with others on a wide variety of |
| child's needs. | | | | topics in an intelligent, informed manner. |
| By teaching your own child to read, you are | | | | Starting your child off with the ability to read |
| assuring that he or she gets one-on-one attention | | | | early is one way to set him or her on the right |
| and a customized curriculum, if you will, so that | | | | foot to begin the journey through school and |
| progression can occur at the desired pace. You | | | | through life. The more you teach them, the less |
| can also make sure that your child finds reading | | | | likely they are to struggle in the future, and the |
| fun, which is important. If it's not fun, they won't | | | | more self-confidence they'll have in themselves |
| want to do it! Plenty of educational benefits are | | | | and their abilities. |
| gleaned from material that is also wildly | | | | |