Hello Friends!

I wanted to share a picture of me reading to my boys right before bed time, as it gives me a better chance to bond with them and calms them down after a day filled with activities.  I also wanted to encourage parents and/or care takers to making this a ritual as it can be so beneficial to their upbringing.

Here are a few tips and benefits to reading to your little ones:

•  It promotes increased communication between you and your child.
• It promotes longer attention span, which is an important skill for your kid to be able to concentrate.
• It builds listening skills and imagination.
• A study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science in January 2013 concluded that “reading to a child in an interactive style raises his or her IQ by over 6 points.”
• Books teach your child thinking skills early. When you read to your child, he learns to understand cause and effect, he learns to exercise logic, as well as think in abstract terms. He learns the consequences of actions, and the basics of what is right and wrong.
• Your child learns early that reading is fun and not a chore. When your child grows up, you will not be stressed about getting him to read, as reading has become, for him, a pleasurable habit.
• Reading together as a family is one of fondest memories you children will remember and cherish in their whole lifetime.

Have a great one and I hope you look forward to picking up some fun books and snuggling together 🙂

Diana