By Shelley Nash

Baby Books

Reading with little ones is so important! It starts building an important foundation for reading skills and academic success. Reading to children helps them:

• Learn to read
• Increase their vocabulary
• Improve Reading Comprehension
• Improve reading ability
• Strengthen their relationship with you

And it’s fun to read together!

So what kinds of children’s books will appeal to your baby or toddler? First, you should understand a little about their development.

If
you have a baby or toddler, I don’t need to tell you that they are always busy! They love to be active and push and pull things.

Toddlers’ language abilities are also developing, and they gather their knowledge through sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. Everything eventually goes in the mouth!

Toddlers also understand a lot more than they can tell you! They enjoy repetition. But they have a short attention span!

As you are choosing books look for…

• Brightly colored simple objects
• Simple texts and good rhythms
• Wordless books to encourage story-creation
• Textures to touch
• Flaps to lift
• Noise makers (bells, crinkly fabric, etc.)
• Indestructible cloth and board books

As you read the books with your child, you are helping them develop an awareness of the basics of reading. As you read to your children try the following ideas.

• Point to the words with your finger. This helps them learn what words look like.
• Move your finger left to right under the words. This helps them learn that we read left to right.
• Let them turn the pages. This will reinforce the left to right concept.
• Read alphabet books together. Emphasize the sounds the letters make.
• Read books with rhymes. This helps develop the awareness that sounds make up words.

By choosing good quality children’s books for your special baby or toddler, you are embarking on the beginning of a wonderful journey together. Enjoy it!

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