| Did you know that babies as young as 3 months | | | | Reading early will have a tremendous impact on |
| old are capable of learning to read? Seriously, a | | | | your baby's life. Babies that can read are able to |
| proverbial baby can learn to read faster and | | | | learn anything through books. They are able to |
| easier than a 6 year old. It may seem hard to | | | | entertain themselves through reading. They |
| believe but a baby's developing brain allows for | | | | develop a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. |
| learning languages as if by osmosis. When babies | | | | They are fast readers and have a deeper level of |
| are exposed to language whether foreign, written, | | | | comprehension than people that learn to read at |
| or sign language, they learn it naturally. Not only | | | | an older age. Because the brain is designed to |
| do they learn it naturally, they figure out the | | | | learn language from birth to 5 years old, babies |
| patterns of the language on their own. | | | | that are taught to read learn more efficiently than |
| If parents will expose their babies to written | | | | older children. They excel in school because they |
| language from an early age, their babies will learn | | | | are so fluent in reading. |
| to read before they can even speak. When a | | | | Secondly, babies learn to read in a different |
| baby's speech is developing it will appear as | | | | manner than older children. When we expose our |
| though they are learning to read and speak | | | | babies to words, they are able to decode the |
| simultaneously. | | | | patterns of the language thereby allowing them to |
| The reason parents should consider teaching their | | | | read new words they have never even seen. |
| babies to read is twofold. First of all, a baby can | | | | The natural window of opportunity for teaching |
| learn to read easily and in very little time. Parents | | | | children to read is during their first years of life. If |
| that use flash cards are able to teach their babies | | | | you have the opportunity to teach your baby to |
| to read in as little as 2 minutes a day! That is not | | | | read you should. It is a wonderful experience you |
| a very big investment for such a large reward. | | | | won't quickly forget. |