Benefits of reading to Babies & Toddlers.

 

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It’s never too early to read to a baby!. Babies begin to learn as soon as they are born!. Babies and toddlers are sponges that soak in everything from their environment. Reading books to babies and toddlers provides an excellent platform for early literacy, language skills, boosts brain development, strengthens bonds and much more!.

It is recommended by experts to spend around 30 minutes a day reading books to babies and toddlers. The quality and quantity of the words you speak to your child matters a lot for his/her early literacy and language skills.

Following are some of the benefits of reading to babies and toddlers -

1. Reading to a child is a perfect way to connect, bond and spend quality time with the child. It helps to cultivate a love for literacy from an early age.

2. Reading to a child helps to boost cognitive development. It develops the child’s brain, ability to focus and concentrate.

3. Reading to a child rockets the language development. It helps the child to learn sounds, words, language and develops vocabulary and early literacy skills.

4. Reading to a child sparks the child’s imagination, stimulates curiosity and creativity, learn the difference between real and make-believe.

5. Reading to a child helps the child to learn about the world, cultures, develop social and communication skills.

6. Reading to a child helps the child learn about life lessons, understand new and frightening events, emotions and learn to cope with difficult or stressful situations.

Babies and toddlers enjoy books that contain stories, rhymes, songs with good rhythm and repetition. Following are some of the guidelines to choose the right books according to the age of the child -

-> 0-6 months :

Chunky board books with bold, bright and contrasting images, soft a rich books, vinyl or bath books.

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- > 6-9 months :

Board books, foam books with colourful images, textures, flaps work great as babies begin to explore books by looking and touching.

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-> 9-18 months :

Babies enjoy thick padded books, board books with phrases, short stories, rhymes with repetition and familiar things such as babyfaces, fruits, animals etc. as they love to learn new things and hear favourite stories.

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-> 18-24 months :

Toddlers enjoy long stories and rhymes with humour. They love to act out their favourite characters from stories, names pointed objects, fill in missing words from the rhymes.

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-> 24-36 months :

Toddlers are ready for books with regular pages and learn more complex things about the world such as farm happens in the farm, doctor’s office, different jobs, construction vehicles, seasons etc.

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