Weekly Tip- Read, Read, Read

I know we are all in full swing vacation mode enjoying activies on the water, sports in the park, new and interesting camps, and maybe even a little relaxing indoors. It's a time for fun, sun, and family. It's also a time for reading. Nightly reading is important to your child at every stage of their development. Reading aloud to your child is as equally important as having your child read to you. For infants and toddlers, it's important time for bonding and language aquisition. They are able to be close to you in their own personal quiet time. Your child is also hearing words spoken in the correct tone and pace, which is something they are learning to do. For preschoolers it's a time to how to track words in a book (knowing that we read from left to right) and figuring out that words have meaning. And for school aged children, we are teaching them more vocabulary through context and modeling how to read with expression. The benefits are reading to your child are far reach and once you make it a part of your daily routine, your child will look forward to this special time.