Discover the Importance of Reading to Children

I can't emphasize enough the importance ofmore than reading aloud to them. It whets their
reading to children. By reading aloud to yourappetite for reading good books, learning new
children, not only will you form lasting bonds andthings, going on adventures through books, and
great memories, you will be giving your child theteaches them all of the skills mentioned above.
gift of reading and helping them to excel in school- Instills a love of reading and good books -
and in life. Reading to your children has manyReading aloud to your child opens up an entire
benefits. What are they?world for her. She will love you reading to her and
Well...a lot of things.will learn that books and reading are good things.
Reading to Your Children:- Encourages your children to become readers -
- Gives them a head start and improves theirAs your children get older, they will want to
language skills - Children that have been read tocontinue what you started by reading to them.
regularly are ahead of the same age children inThey will naturally want to read because it was
their classes. They have better language andsuch an enjoyable activity that they shared with
reasoning skills that help them to excelyou.
academically.- It expands your child's horizon and introduces
- Increases their vocabulary - By reading booksthem to new experiences and places - When you
that are above your child's grade or reading level,read, the sky is the limit. You can be transported
you are exposing them to much more difficultto any place and any time - experience any time
words. While they wouldn't be able to read theseperiod and a wide range of emotions. This
words on their own, with you reading the wordsexposes your child to many different situations
to them, they can learn new words and greatlythat they can learn from.
expand their vocabulary.- Forms lasting bonds with your children - Read to
- Improves their imagination and creativity -your child daily. This time will quickly become his
Reading books to your child that include all kindsfavorite time - time for just you and him. By
of different settings will increase your child'sdoing this, you will form bonds that will last a
imagination and creativity. This is a good thing. Alifetime.
good imagination and creativity will help your childAs you can see, these are all good reasons to
develop the skill of problem solving and being ableread aloud to your children.
to think "outside the box."Begin reading to your children every day when
- Teaches them proper grammar and sentencethey are babies. Start out with "board" books.
structure - Listening to you read good qualityYou know, the thick cardboad books that babies
books teaches your child proper grammar andcan't destroy (or at least not that easily). These
sentence structure naturally.This will give your childbooks are great ways to introduce colors, shapes,
a boost academically and they will have an easieranimals, rhyme and rhythm to your babies.
time when it comes to learning grammar andAs they get older, read a lot of nursery rhymes
writing.and Bible stories to them. Choose a Mother
- Teaches your child to better express himself -Goose nursery rhyme book that has pretty
Listening to the characters in a book solve theirpictures. By doing this, you'll be exposing them to
problems and communicate with others teachesgreat art work too.
your child to be able to do the same thing.Continue reading to your kids until they don't want
- Improves listening skills - Because the booksyou to read to them any more.
that you read to your child will be interesting, theyBe prepared - they may be quite old before this
will learn to sit, listen, and pay attention - theyhappens.
won't want to miss anything. This skill will carryNow that you know the importance of reading to
over to other parts of their life.children, there's only one thing left to do. Start
- Prepares your children to read - Nothingreading!
prepares your child to become a good reader