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You can help your child to a brighter future by simply reading to them.
Can remember the joy of being read to as a child? The
closeness of one-to-one attention, the thrills of our imagination as our favourite stories leapt from the page into our minds. Stories help to
develop children's language and reasoning, empathy and imagination. They
help children make sense of the world. They help them think, communicate
and relate to others. They encourage children to read. They are
something different generations can enjoy together.
Unfortunately, the rise in popularity of digital entertainment has
meant that fewer children are being read to these days. A staggering 80%
of children aged five to 16 have TV in their bedroom and recent research
has shown that school children have poorer language and relationship
skills than ever before. This not only affects their reading capability
but also their behaviour and achievement in other key areas.
You may think that reading can only be done when your baby is old enough
to understand a few words. However, research shows that it is never to
early to start. Some people even believe that reading aloud before birth
helps the development of a calm personality and a sense of rhythm.
Sharing books after birth is seldom a quiet activity, as babies will
gurgle and join in with the reading well before they begin to talk,
responding to the voice of the adult who loves them rather than to the
content of the book... Rhythmic language, rhyme and onomatopoeic words
that you can almost taste speak to babies and help them develop an ear
for language that will lead them into reading as they get older.
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