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Let's Start Reading!
It's Never Too Early to Introduce Reading to Your Child
By Susan Younan Attiyah
Keep It Up!
The joy a parent feels when children begin reading alone is beautiful and fulfilling. This joy may often provoke parents to offer children books that are a bit more challenging. Don't put away those picture books just yet! Once they begin reading on their own, they go back to those picture books again. The stories are short, the pictures help with comprehension, and if they are stuck on a certain word, the picture helps them sound out the word and they end up putting two and two together. Also, the size of the words in picture books is very helpful. Set an Example
Parents will need to remember that they are an example for their children. Parents can't expect children to read if they don't see other family members reading as well. Being a good role model is just as important as helping your child gain an interest in books and reading. One of the easiest ways to do this is to keep reading material that all members of the family may be interested in around the house. "Children need to see reading is important to everyone," says Fountain. "They need to see our enthusiasm. Too much television is helping with children's visualizations – let the books help with the visualization. Let words make pictures in their minds."
Children learn to read from their parents. Whether in utero, as a newborn, a toddler or a preschooler, it is never too early or too late to fan the flames of reading with good books. When your child is crawling to his favorite reading spot in the house and has a book in his hand, know you are off to a good start. You just opened his eyes to reading
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