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Why We Need to Read with Kids Every Day

Dec 27, 2022

If reading with your children isn't a regular habit, try to make it one. Here are compelling reasons why we need to read with kids every day. Reading with young children is the kind of advice everyone—experts, teachers, pediatricians—recommends, but can still fall off our radar. And we have plenty of excuses, don't we? We're too busy to squeeze reading into our day. Or we do read with our kids, but not regularly. Maybe we don't have enough books in the house or think the kids are too old to be read to. We might not read ourselves, or we meet resistance when we suggest reading with … [Read more...]

Children’s Books about Libraries

Children's Books

Sep 19, 2022

Check out the best children's books about libraries! Learn interesting stories about the love of reading with these picture books. Eight picture books—that was my library routine. Every week, I'd borrow eight picture books to read, and return the previous books we'd borrowed before. These days, they like pulling their own books from the shelves to read, but our weekly library visits have stayed the same. Besides books for leisure reading, we've also borrowed some for school reports (no need to buy a new book when there are so many at the library!). Libraries also have plenty of DVDs of … [Read more...]

9 Strategies to Build Good Reading Habits

Reading

Nov 06, 2021

Want to encourage a love of reading in your child? Discover the 9 strategies that will help beginner readers build good reading habits. It's magical, isn't it? Seeing your child piece letters and words together as she reads from a book. But as much as she enjoys reading now, how do you make sure she continues to do so in the years ahead? After all, you see bleak stats about kids' interest in reading on their own dwindle as early as fourth grade. How do we take beginner readers and help them develop good reading habits? How to build good reading habits Your reading goals don't … [Read more...]

7 Benefits of Reading to Your Child You May Not Know

Reading

Apr 25, 2021

You've likely heard the importance of reading, but do you know why? Discover 7 benefits of reading to your child, even starting from day one! by Lane Rebelo Some of the fondest memories of my daughter’s first year are of us bundled in the glider in her room reading stories at bedtime. Back then, she fit in the crook of my elbow so perfectly, both of us reading together as we rocked back-and-forth, baby in one arm and book in the other. Now, even at 12-years-old and on the threshold of her teen years, she still wants me to read to her at bedtime each night. I'm savoring every moment … [Read more...]

8 Long Term Benefits of Reading to Your Child

Reading

Apr 07, 2021

Wondering why it's important to read to your kids? Discover the long-term benefits of reading to children and how it can impact their future. We've all heard the advice to read to kids, often and early. You see immediate results, from your child enjoying books to feeling less cranky after a nap. Story time adds a certain rhythm to your day, and you feel confident that you're doing the right thing in introducing books. But the benefits of reading to children extend even beyond childhood. The steps you're taking now to read to your child changes the course of his life down the line. … [Read more...]

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