No.1 Most Lifelong Impact Habit You Can Really Instill to Your Child Today While You And Your Child Can Share a Good Time

"​It's too early for my baby to read." Maria (a mom of a 3-month-old) said.

Reading to child is important and fun for parents to do
Children are born with the ability to understand language and it is called receptive language. When parents and siblings talk around the newborn, he tries to distinguish the words and sound in order to understand. Even before they can speak they will build a strong vocabulary.
This is the reason that parents are often guided to read to their kids even when they are unable to understand you. Reading to children is not only fun but there are also many amazing benefits for the parents and children.

Reading to infants (0m to 18m)
The common mistake that many of the parents make these days is that they refrain from reading in front of their infants. They think that the right time of reading aloud would be when their kid will be able to understand the words.
They do not understand that it is important for the development of the brain cells to grow stronger. As well as it helps in the development of the brain. Studies have shown that those kids whose parents read aloud to them as infants know more words when they are 2 years old.

Reading to toddlers (19m to 36m)
It is the best experience for the parents when their children ask them to share a book. It helps parents to spend some bonding time with the children that will make their love grow stronger. It will also help the kids to learn vocabulary and make improve their literary skills.
When reading to a toddler you have to make sure that his interest is developed in the book with each page. Look for interesting images and even sounds that will make you kid have some fun. It will be the beginning of education for your children.

Benefits
Some of the amazing benefits that kids will have from reading aloud are:

• It will improve the memory skills, listen and language  awareness in the kids
• In a fun way, you can introduce several concepts like pictures, stories, letters and shapes
• As the babies are calmed by sounds and the rhythms that are present in the voice of their parents it promotes closeness and bonding
• It will allow you to information your children about the world that is surrounding them
• It will instill the love for education and books in your children

Tips
Some of the tips that will help parents to start reading are:

• You can plan several reading activities your toddler and babies
• Let them know what the picture and when an animal come you can make them learn how it sounds
• Use the sound books that comes with special sounds as it will improve your kids learning skills
• Do not forget to read a story to your baby every night

The most important thing that you can do is planning the reading activities with your children. In case that you get confused, we are here with the child care program to help you on every stage.

Read Aloud is running a National Read Aloud 15 Minutes Campaign. Modern Education Family Childcare supports parents, families, and community Read Aloud.
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More resource:
https://allaboutyoungchildren.org/english/birth-to-8-months/#lang-dev-lit
http://www.first5california.com/learning-center.aspx?id=11&sub=45
​http://www.tandembayarea.org/resources/for-parents-families/
http://readaloud.org/

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