[Birth+] A few benefits of baby books:
– clear pictures to keep your little one watching
– makes you talk in simpler language, which helps your child to understand and learn new words
– for 12mths + kids, extend the vocab (eg watermelon-seeds-red, juice-drink-cup, sheep-wool-tail)
– introduces early literacy skills such as left to right, turning pages, listening to words, pointing to pictures
– pages are easy to turn – keep your baby’s attention by bending the book back slightly so the next page pops open, say ‘turn the page’ and show their hand the action of turning
– older kids can even practice ‘reading’ the words to younger siblings
let’s start from the very beginning
Great post – this would be useful for parents!
Thanks 🙂
I agree, you can never start too young. My son wasn’t even three yet when he picked up one of his books to “read” it to his newborn sisters. It was the sweetest thing ever. Plus, its good bonding time as well. 🙂
Yes Shannon, I think it’s almost the cuteness that makes you want them to do it 🙂