Reading to your daughter is one of the best ways to promote her early childhood development. Apart from this it is a great opportunity to bond more closely as well. There are no shortage of wonderfully empowering books for preschool girls available today. Many of these can be found at online stores with reviews are written by parents with preschool daughters. This will help parents to select what they feel is most appropriate for their particular daughters.
The great bonding experience of reading together has other advantages too. This is an age at which children are like absorbent little sponges and this offers the opportunity of opening them up to a world of new possibilities. The beautiful illustrations and exciting stories help to expand their horizons and encourage their creativity.
A child can often identify strongly with the main character in a story. There are many stories today being written about brave, strong, smart girls. The classical tales will always be well loved but it is important to explore new literature being written today as well. Too many stereotypical tales of a big, strong Prince rescuing a weak, helpless princess can inadvertently send the wrong message.
Social issues like gender, self image, tolerance and bullying are often easier to address through reading a story than by trying to preach about them. These issues are relevant from a very early age and reading stories where they are addressed in an entertaining, fun manner can result in learning of valuable lessons taking place in as natural a way as possible.
It is up to you to do more than just read the story. Stimulate discussion by asking your daughter what she thought about the main character. Did she like her or dislike her and why? You can help your daughter to relate the incidents in the stories to real events in her own life. For example, when a little girl in a story shows great bravery in the face of a daunting situation, you can help your daughter to identify with what it feels like to be brave and unafraid in her own life situations.
It helps a child a great deal to be well prepared before going to school. Reading definitely helps to do this as every area of development, from emotions and relationships to building vocabulary can be addressed. Relationship issues like bullying and shyness are just two issues that are evident even in young children. Reading stories where characters address these issues can help.
Reading to a child also helps to develop their vocabulary. Research has shown that reading to preschool children helps to ease the transition from one language developmental stage to another. The transition from reading to them to them reading themselves is not as difficult as for those children whose parents do not read to them.
The resources available to parents today to stimulate early childhood development are virtually unlimited and access to the internet has made this possible. For example, it is simple for a parent to find out what stories have inspired other children of a preschool age. Reading reviews online is an easy way of doing this. In this way, a lifelong love of books can be created in a child that opens many doors.
The great bonding experience of reading together has other advantages too. This is an age at which children are like absorbent little sponges and this offers the opportunity of opening them up to a world of new possibilities. The beautiful illustrations and exciting stories help to expand their horizons and encourage their creativity.
A child can often identify strongly with the main character in a story. There are many stories today being written about brave, strong, smart girls. The classical tales will always be well loved but it is important to explore new literature being written today as well. Too many stereotypical tales of a big, strong Prince rescuing a weak, helpless princess can inadvertently send the wrong message.
Social issues like gender, self image, tolerance and bullying are often easier to address through reading a story than by trying to preach about them. These issues are relevant from a very early age and reading stories where they are addressed in an entertaining, fun manner can result in learning of valuable lessons taking place in as natural a way as possible.
It is up to you to do more than just read the story. Stimulate discussion by asking your daughter what she thought about the main character. Did she like her or dislike her and why? You can help your daughter to relate the incidents in the stories to real events in her own life. For example, when a little girl in a story shows great bravery in the face of a daunting situation, you can help your daughter to identify with what it feels like to be brave and unafraid in her own life situations.
It helps a child a great deal to be well prepared before going to school. Reading definitely helps to do this as every area of development, from emotions and relationships to building vocabulary can be addressed. Relationship issues like bullying and shyness are just two issues that are evident even in young children. Reading stories where characters address these issues can help.
Reading to a child also helps to develop their vocabulary. Research has shown that reading to preschool children helps to ease the transition from one language developmental stage to another. The transition from reading to them to them reading themselves is not as difficult as for those children whose parents do not read to them.
The resources available to parents today to stimulate early childhood development are virtually unlimited and access to the internet has made this possible. For example, it is simple for a parent to find out what stories have inspired other children of a preschool age. Reading reviews online is an easy way of doing this. In this way, a lifelong love of books can be created in a child that opens many doors.
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