Christine Harris - Author

Why Read Aloud to Children

  • It’s fun for you and the children
  • Reading aloud can turn children into readers who will enjoy books all their lives
  • A shared activity helps build a relationship between parents and children
  • It opens the door to communication
  • Children develop listening skills which are useful in many aspects of life
  • It shows our children they are important to us
  • They learn about other worlds, both physical and emotional
  • Children whose parents read aloud to them tend to be better readers and can often perform better in school
  • Reading aloud expands vocabulary
  • They can develop interests when books on specific topics are read. Topics such as horses, football, trekking, art, dinosaurs ...
  • Children can learn positive (and how to avoid negative) attitudes and behaviour patterns through the story characters
  • Reading stories aloud to children helps them develop their creativity and imagination
  • It calms children before sleep. (Or, for older children and teenagers, reading aloud to them while they are doing their chores is a great idea.)
  • Children’s confidence can be boosted by the feeling of security when a parent reads to them
  • Reading aloud can introduce types of books to children that they might not discover on their own
  • They absorb the rhythms of language
  • Builds attention span
  • Reading aloud to your children is a wonderful gift.

 

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Grandpa reading photo: Daniela Andreea Spyropoulos, BigStockPhoto