But reading is also a way to prepare babies to be children and children to be adults. Children learn so much from reading: rhythm, rhyme, grammar and vocabulary. We all experience things in books we may never see in real life. There are plenty of reasons to read with your child, starting now! If all of the nice fluffy reasons aren't good enough, then let me appeal with my teacher side. Reading prepares your child to read. The likelihood of school-readiness is significantly more when children are read to, and as a kindergarten teacher, I could immediately tell the children who were read to (and sung to and spoken to) versus those who were not. It doesn't start with kindergarten. First teachers (parents) have the responsibility to start with babies!
But don't just take my word for it. Check out this research!
from http://www.versame.com/research/
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