Reading: very beneficial to kids (Part I)

There are many benefits to reading to our kids and below are some of those benefits. Ill try to list and describe them. First, let us know the meaning of reading according to Macmillan dictionary, Reading means an act or practice of one who reads, Reading is the cognitive process of deriving meaning from written or printed text(from wikipedia). Reading to a chilld makes it easier for him/her to (1) develop speech and language and I recommend to us parents to read to our children aloud as early as possible. (2) vocabulary and pronunciation improvement, by looking at a colorful picture in a book or a word and then hearing how it was pronounced out loud, kids can learn new words along with their pronunciation. (3) preparation for school, kids are ready to go to school when they can attend or listen to what someone else is saying, learn and participate in structured situations such as story telling / story reading and focus in and listen to one central person in the classroom. Reading to child is great way to prepare a pre-schooler for the school environment. On a greater level, kids wiull get used to hearing stories and following sentences. This will be very helpful when they start to learn about grammar and sentence structure.

Ill discuss the next three benefits on my next post. Start to spend more time with your kids and let them explore new things with the power of books through reading.