First, reading to your toddler encourages language development. Also, reading now will likely encourage a love of reading throughout your toddler's life.
How to Read to Your Toddler:
Though, if your child wants to read more throughout the day, encourage him and if he is not ready to read at the time you have set aside, do not force him.
Let your toddler choose the book or choose a book that focuses on a subject she is interested in. An example is, if she is interested in caterpillars, choose The Hungry Caterpillar to read. Many children at this age enjoy rhyming stories.
When reading to your toddler, engage him in the book by asking questions. Books allow us to teach more to our children than just reading words on a page.
Another way to engage your child while reading is to encourage clapping, drumming or singing along. Toddlers love music and games, these enhance their reading enjoyment. You can also read stories that have hand motions. Teach your toddler the motions as you read the story.
Reading to Your Baby Can Raise Your Baby's IQ
Summary By Sarah Kennedy
Birth weight? Income level? Parents' IQ? Parents' Education?
Talk, reading chatter, exclamations, observations narration and conversation all contributed to higher IQ scores.
There is evidence that talking to your baby helps organize her brain. As your baby is learning to understand and produce words and sentences, the brain is becoming more specialized for processing language. Reading aloud is a particularly powerful form of talking to your baby.
Reading provides a much more structured and organized form of communication than casual speech, helping your baby note where logical pauses in language occur and leading her to an understanding of the grammatical structure of language. This is particularly true for rhyming books.
How to Read to Your Toddler:
Though, if your child wants to read more throughout the day, encourage him and if he is not ready to read at the time you have set aside, do not force him.
Let your toddler choose the book or choose a book that focuses on a subject she is interested in. An example is, if she is interested in caterpillars, choose The Hungry Caterpillar to read. Many children at this age enjoy rhyming stories.
When reading to your toddler, engage him in the book by asking questions. Books allow us to teach more to our children than just reading words on a page.
Another way to engage your child while reading is to encourage clapping, drumming or singing along. Toddlers love music and games, these enhance their reading enjoyment. You can also read stories that have hand motions. Teach your toddler the motions as you read the story.
Reading to Your Baby Can Raise Your Baby's IQ
Summary By Sarah Kennedy
Birth weight? Income level? Parents' IQ? Parents' Education?
Talk, reading chatter, exclamations, observations narration and conversation all contributed to higher IQ scores.
There is evidence that talking to your baby helps organize her brain. As your baby is learning to understand and produce words and sentences, the brain is becoming more specialized for processing language. Reading aloud is a particularly powerful form of talking to your baby.
Reading provides a much more structured and organized form of communication than casual speech, helping your baby note where logical pauses in language occur and leading her to an understanding of the grammatical structure of language. This is particularly true for rhyming books.
