When Should We Begin To Read Children’s Books To Our Kids?

Many mothers start to buy children’s books, being in an fascinating condition. You should start to read to your small girl or boy practically since his or her birth. Of course, don’t buy extremely thick encyclopedia, even if it is for kids. It is too early for such reading. And don’t try to read collected fairy tales, small nursery rhymes will be the best. They play an vital role in emotional and speech development of a child.

Firstly, thanks to simple and melodious phrases with often repeating sounds, a baby learns to recognize voices and to react to their prosodic coloring, then starts to repeat pleasant sounds. By the way, it is very excellent to learn by heart some thematic rhymes, for example, some rhymes about washing, sleeping or eating and read them before respective acts.

Similar rhymes help to develop content-addressable memory. A baby will know what action will be after these words, and as a result, will start to know their meaning quicker and simpler.

For a six-month-ancient baby buy books with thick cardboard pages and bright pictures. They are handy and you can give them into child’s hands without dread that book will be “eaten up”. And also your child starts to know book’s function and develops motor function of fingers, learning to turn over pages without help.

Buying such editions, it is necessary to use some obligatory rules. First of all it should be a book of excellent quality, of course: it should not have a fetid smell of paint or have exfoliating pages. It should be with a strong back and without unfolding three-dimensional details, which can be easily torn out and pushed into mouth. In general, one and two-year-ancient babies reckon that book is a plaything, and that’s why the main feature of it should be its colorful look and singularity. Don’t be in a rush to buy books, where there is “action” on every page. Probably, you reckon that it is very fascinating, when picture shows maximum of information, but this is too hard for children’s perception. This concerns also the text under a picture. If this is a fairy tale, 1-2 lines on a page will be enough. If there are some nursery rhymes, it is better to buy books, on every page of which there is only one quatrain.

By the way, children’s psychologists say that you should check book’s contents before starting to read it to your kid. Don’t be bone idle, thumb it through in the shop, you should be sure that a book has no terrible guys, fights, tears and other negative moments – both in the text, and on pictures. They are not the best instructive episodes for kids.

On our site you can read full descriptions of children’s books, which will help you to find the best for all-age children.