I love my books and so does J. We also want to impart this love of ours to the little girl, as we want her to explore the world of books be it fact or fiction. I have always believed that reading books do have a lot of positive effects like widening one's vocabulary and improving your writing skills. I guess I was right all along because this recent article from Advance OT attests to that. :)
Studies suggest that different approaches to common parent-child activities, like storybook reading, conversation, and problem solving, affect pre-school cognitive and language development in ways that predict children's readiness to succeed at school. In fact, the language parents use in the home and their strategies as "first teachers" could account for 25-60 percent of the readiness gap prevalent among kids from low-income families, according to some estimates.--
"Children gained better vocabularies when mothers read books interactively and offer support and guidance as a teaching strategy," Pia Rebello Britto notes. "Merely providing support with little teaching does not appear to be linked with child outcomes. A parent who is interested in language development and school readiness should provide high levels of guided assistance, flexibility in giving instruction to match a child's need, clear verbal cues that a child can understand, and information to help a child learn and understand."
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In short, story time is not just a means of bonding with your kids, but it helps in their cognitive and language development as well. So, tonight when you tuck your children into bed, make sure to stay for few more minutes to read them a nice story. It's amazing how such a small effort can do wonders in the long run so this is definitely worth our while.
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