Heartstring Productions LLC
The benefits of reading to a young child are way beyond what most parents realize. Besides creating a stronger bond between you and your child, reading to a child increases a child's vocabulary and communications skills. Hearing a story that a child can relate to, helps them to learn how to formulate words to express themselves. We as adults often take toddlers talking for granted. Their little minds, in the beginning, don't really know how to express themselves. They talk all the time, but few can understand them. Reading to a toddler helps the child to learn how to formulate their thoughts. A child's communications skills are enhanced when you read to them. Storytime at the preschool or daycare is an important time each day. Having this same kind of quality time with your child, at home, is crucial. Think about it. A child doesn't know to read from right to left, nor do they understand to read the words separate from the pictures. Reading to your child as they read