The First Teacher Is You - Reading To Your Baby

When the word education is used, many of us think about the formal years of school. But your child’s education begins years before their first day at school.

From the first moment you hold your newborn baby they begin to explore their world, with you as their guide and role model. It is during this time that you as a parent become the first and most important educator of your children.

Reading books to children is one of the easiest ways to help your little one learn about language, literacy and the world around them. It is also a beautiful way to bond with your children.

The benefits of reading to children are many. The human brain is most open to environmental influences in the first few years of life with 85% of brain development occurring between birth and the age of three. Sharing stories and songs with your baby is the most important things you can do as a parent to help their developing brain. As a baby absorbs new sights, textures, scents and sounds the connections in her brain that make learning possible multiply and become stronger.

Research has shown that children whose parents read to them when they are young learn to speak, read and write more easily. It is never too early to start reading to your baby.

Even though they may not understand the words that you read to them, they love hearing the sound of your voice and they learn that reading is important and fun. Most importantly, it is a wonderful opportunity to bond with your baby.

The beauty of reading picture and board books with children is the time to stop and cuddle, to share the beauty of a picture book, but also well written picture books use lots of rare words that we do not use in our day to day speak which supports their formal learning and the ability to read and write.

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