Reading plays an extremely important role in aiding a child’s growth and development. Researches have shown that children, who read every day, tend to have extensive vocabulary when compared to children that don’t read. Not only that, but reading also helps children develop speaking and writing skills. It can help them understand and express emotions. When parents read with their children, it helps them bond with their children on a different level.
Children’s author, Robin S. Meade’s latest book, Sammy Squirrel Goes to School tells the story of young and curious squirrel, much like young children, on an adventure of his life. Sammy the squirrel has always been curious about schools and what goes on inside them. Children at a young age are the same, they are just understanding the different ways of this world and are very curious about everything. That is how Meade plants this story, making it easy for children to relate to the feelings and experiences of Sammy.
Reading with children and helping them read has many benefits that are not just limited to lingual skills. According to Bilingual Kidspot, here are several different benefits of reading for children:
· Reading to young children up to succeedsets them
The more you read to your children, the more knowledge they absorb, and knowledge is important in all aspects of life. There have many studies that show reading to babies and toddlers gives them a head start and helps to prepare them for school later down the line. After all, reading with your children gives them the skills needed for when they start to read themselves.
· Exposure to reading exercises your child’s brain
Reading to young children affects their brain activity and may just give them that boost they need to support and promote their early reading skills.
Research on the importance of reading shows that specific areas of the brain are affected when young children have reading exposure at home from an early age. These areas are critical for a child’s language development.
· Reading enhances a child’s concentration
While you may think it is useless reading to a toddler who wants to constantly turn pages, swap books, or throw them around altogether, reading with your little one is extremely important at this age.
By consistently reading to your child every day, your child will learn to concentrate and sit still for longer periods of time, which can help later on when they go to school.
· A range of books teaches children about different topics
Don’t underestimate the importance of reading diverse books. Providing your child with different types of books on different topics, or even in different languages for bilingual kids, gives them a wide range of information for them to learn.
There are informative books on topics such as different animals, places or objects,etc, and there are also different books to help teach children about important life skills such as sharing, being kind, and diversity.
· Reading together encourages a thirst for knowledge
Reading to your children leads to questions about the book and the information within. It gives you a chance to speak about what is happening and use this as a learning experience. It may also develop an interest in different cultures or languages. There is nothing better seeing a child who loves to learn.
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