Top 7 Reasons Why You Should Read to Kids

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The Top 7 Reasons Why you Should Read to Kids
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• Why is reading so important for kids?
• Reading out loud and sharing stories with your
  kids is pertinent to their overall growth and
  success.
• In the following slides, we list the top 7
  reasons why you should be reading to your kids

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1 Helps in Creating a Bond

• Reading aloud to kids is a scientifically proven
  method of bonding with them. When done everyday
  at a fixed time, it strengthens your connection.
• It helps when you use reading time to build a
  conversation around it. It allows children to
  express themselves and parents to show their
  inclination to listen, thus encouraging
  communication. This type of reading is called
  dialogical reading.

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2 Exposes Kids to Rich Language

• We tend to talk in a basic manner using limited
  vocabulary and truncated sentences in everyday,
  informal speech. This limits a childs
  acquisition and understanding of words.
• Therefore, parents who emphasise talking to their
  children over reading often overlook the
  disadvantages associated.
• Well-written books use a larger vocabulary and
  more intricate illustrations that expand a
  childs capabilities of language and vocabulary
  acquisition.
• Therefore, it is important that you read to your
  kids in their native language rather than just
  speak to them in it. This will ensure that your
  children absorb a rich vocabulary in multiple
  languages.

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3 Improves Concentration Discipline

• Initially toddlers and small children may fidget
  and get distracted easily while you read them
  stories.
• Starting with short stories that have lots of
  pictures and reading in different voices will
  help them get interested and slowly improve their
  concentration.
• Along with reading knowledge, kids will develop
  stronger self-discipline, longer attention span
  and better responsiveness.

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4 Develops the Knack of Listening

• Listening is an extremely important skill that
  children who are about to start pre-school or
  school need to develop.
• Along with extended attention span and better
  memory, reading to kids helps them become better
  listeners leading to their success in school.
• Through story telling, children understand the
  concept of cause and effect, basic logic and
  simple values. They learn to differentiate
  between right and wrong at a fundamental level,
  which is important for their overall development.

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5 Furthers School Readiness

• Reading stories to your children will help in
  building their vocabulary and improving verbal
  and literacy skills
• It will simultaneously rocket their
  attentiveness, curiosity and retention.
• These abilities help to better prepare your child
  for school.

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6 Assists Kids with New Experiences

• Stories are a great way to allow children to
  explore stronger emotions, which can help in
  dealing with new experiences both pleasant and
  unpleasant.
• For example, stories about going to the dentist,
  going to school and making new friends help in
  developing positive emotional responses to new
  experiences.

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7 Inspires Kids Imagination

• Stories help children discover their imagination,
  encourage conversations and embolden
  responsiveness.
• It stimulates curiosity and assists brain
  development.
• Rich illustrations and language patterns can get
  children excited about reading and spark their
  own thinking.
• It also helps kids distinguish between real and
  make-believe thus furthering their knowledge.

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• Lastly
• Researchers have found that children from homes
  that encourage reading, have greater activity in
  parts of the brain that help with narrative
  understanding and visual imagery.
• They also found that parents who spent quality
  time reading to their children built nurturing
  relationships which is important for a childs
  overall cognitive, semantic and socio-emotional
  development.

If a child reads for as little as 20 minutes
every day, he/she is exposed to 1.8 million words
every single year. Whether its a physical book
or an educational storytelling app like FunDooDaa
Books the benefit is the same.
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