| Reading improves brain function and has a direct | | | | to instill in them a love of reading and of books. |
| correlation with higher IQs. Children who read well | | | | Encourage them to read. Don't turn them off by |
| have a better chance of doing well in school, and | | | | forcing them to do it, or forcing them to read |
| are usually in the "gifted" classes. How do you get | | | | something they don't enjoy. You may prefer the |
| children to want to read? You do it by reading to | | | | adventures of Elizabeth Bennet to Bruce Wayne, |
| them. | | | | but your child may not. |
| Start reading to your children early and every | | | | Many of the bookstores have wonderful children's |
| day. Showing them how magical books can be, | | | | sections and you might find that your child will go |
| make them believe that inside every cover is a | | | | through many books while there. They usually |
| magical world that only they can touch. If your | | | | have games and play rooms so that kids spend |
| child enjoys a particular story, read it again. | | | | more time there (and encourages the parents to |
| There's no harm in reading the same story over, | | | | shop around for additional books). Allow your child |
| in fact, it reinforces the fact that reading ought to | | | | to roam the aisles, opening and reading a few |
| be a habit. | | | | pages until he or she settles on just the right |
| Read at the same time(s) every day. Right | | | | book. This will get them excited about reading. |
| before bed is an excellent time because it kills | | | | When they are young, start them on their way |
| two birds with one stone. It helps boost their | | | | by having them help you read their favorite |
| visualization and imagination skills and makes them | | | | stories. One sentence at a time. Gradually build |
| look forward to bed. | | | | their skills and vocabulary. Before long they will be |
| What books are best to boost the IQ? The | | | | doing the reading and you will be doing the |
| classics like Dr. Seuss help by using poetry. | | | | listening. Even after your child is reading on his or |
| Rhymes stimulate brain activity and promote | | | | her own, continue to maintain the story time |
| memorization, another habit to get into. | | | | schedule. Chapter books with their mini-cliff |
| Another way to get children interested in reading | | | | hangers are one way of tricking your child into |
| is to allow them to pick out the books. All reading | | | | wanting to read more. More importantly, chapter |
| is reading, as they say. Just because you want | | | | books drives them to read more and more |
| them to read Shakespeare at eight doesn't mean | | | | advanced materials that boost's the brain's critical |
| that it is any better for them than the latest | | | | thinking skills, which in turn, improves their IQ. |
| Batman comic. The goal is not to force them, but | | | | |