The benefits of reading aloud to your children are impossible to list. Studies continue to show that caregivers who share books with their children give their kids a headstart on reading. This article, published about a year ago on sciencedaily.com, points out that not only is reading important, but how you read makes a difference.
Middle class parents tend to use a more interactive style, making connections to the child's own experience or real world, explaining new words and the motivations of the characters, while working class parents tend to focus more on labelling and describing pictures. These differences in reading styles can impact on children's development of language and literacy-related skills.
Asking children questions to help ensure they understand what is being read and explained to them is also extremely beneficial.
Practice dialogic reading with your preschooler. This is a method of reading in which the child, who cannot yet read, becomes the storyteller. Learn more about how to do this here.
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