"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." - Emilie Buchwald
One of the nicest activities that you and your child can enjoy is reading a book together. It develops a lot of skills, from increasing attention span and building vocabulary, to developing emotional intelligence.
Reading to your child has innumerable benefits. Listed below are a few
- Increases the child's vocabulary
- Being read to, helps the child learn how to express himself clearly and confidently.
- Child's imagination and creativity develops
- Reading to child gives him a desire to read
Here are a few fun ways of reading to your child
- Make reading an everyday activity.
- Modulate the tones and enact the characters from the book.
- Let your child choose the book he/she wants to read. Reading what interests him/her is one way to make it fun.
- Don't limit reading to books. When you are out - read with your child the billboards, banners, shopping list, restaurant menu or any other print material.
- As a parent, you are your child's role model. Set an example by reading yourself, be it a newspaper or a magazine or a book.
- Visit a library regulary and surround him/her with books.
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
—Dr. Seuss
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Me and my daughter love reading Grandpa and 365 stories. The book has short one page stories and we try and read ateast 2 to 3 stories a day. Even though both of us know most of the stories by heart we enjoy reading it together.
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On a rainy day, when TV or indoor games were the only option, Out of the box opened us doors of knowledge and adventure. A visit to this library and you will be taken back few years into childhood, where Amar Chitra katha and Panchantantra ruled our minds. We simply enjoy our time reading , thanks to out of the box.
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