Do You Read to Your Kids?

Yes, reading to young kids always help them. But if you want to give your daughter more creativity, instead of just reading the stories act the stories, this way the kids are sure to remember the stories well. Also the sounds and the face expressions you make. I have been doing this for my kids and now my daughter loves to read those stories that I have told her when she was small. Now she is telling those stories almost the same way to her younger brother. It is really a fun to see both of them tell me the story. They try to take parts and act it for me and their father. It have improved their creativity also. Yesterday they were telling us the story of thirsty crow and they got a big pot like vessel from the kitchen, peppbles replaced stones. Son told us the story and daughter acted it for us. It was really very great to see them do that.

I do read to them sometimes but I have so many stories in mind.. and im very articulate when it comes to storytelling and the kids just love it

I read to my children every day. It does help them out for sure. I also read myself everyday and love it.

I think that reading to our children when they are babies definitly helps them understand words and sounds of the words helps them recognize them as well. When my son was 5 months old I started reading to him. I noticed he was paying attention to sounds and seeing colors better. I had a couple books that I could tell he loved listening to when I read them because I would read the words as if I were singing a song so when we got to many certain points of the books he would know it. Now I get him to read to me, not only do I love listening to him read, but it also helps him out with practicing. Sometimes I"ll even ask him what a certain word means or ask him to spell them out.

I should read more to my son but books these days... 8 dollars for a tiny little board book when i can use that on a full length novel! But I do get out from the library or just read to him what i am reading, considering he just listens to my voice and not what i am reading since he's only 4 months old lol.. but I do know I should read more to him a day.

i read to my son all of the time before he learned to read himself. now don't laugh at me, but i started to read to him when he was only a few weeks old!! but guess what? he has an unbelievable vocabulary for a 7 year old. even his teacher says so. also he picked up reading so easily and other kids in his class struggled with learning to read. personally, i do not think you can start reading to them too early or too much. he still likes me to read to him now and then.

I don't really read to my kids any more because they all read themselves. My two youngest, 9 and 10, will read to me sometimes though. I agree that reading to kids is a great thing to do for many different reasons. It helps them develop a love for reading but also builds a bond between you!

I think reading to kids is really important, I have been reading to my almost five month old for the last couple months, since she has shown interest. That is one thing I remember being a kid my mom and I always read together every night before bed a story or two. Even when I got old enough to read we switched to chapter books and would take turns reading to each other at night. It was great and I would love to keep that alive with my daughter and eventually kids. My husband and I both love to read and I know we want to pass that on to our children because reading is an amazing thing, it's a great escape!

My daughter prefers to flip through the books herself & never seems to be interested when i start to read them, she'll just grab the book & sit herself somewhere else! She is now almost 23 months but very bright :) She can count to 5 & can pick some of the numbers afterwards, she knows a lot of animals & their noises, she has quite a few words in her vocabulary as well as a few sentences. I plan on starting to read to her as soon as she is happy to sit there & read with me/look at the pictures. I wish she'd have me read to her a little more but if she'd rather look at the books herself then i wont push it. I think reading to kids at a young age is a GREAT thing to help with children developing a love of reading but it could also cause them to lose interest or feel pressured - in that sense i think you just have to do it carefully & for the fun of it!

I always read stories to my children they have free access to all their books at any time they like and they often bring one to me to read several times a day and then we have a couple before bed also. I think its good to give them a healthy interest in books from an early age to keep it fun and interesting as reading and books is something they will need to learn and grow their mind. It is also a good bonding time also to have them sat with you I normally have one either side with an arm round each and they take it in turns to turn the pages its good fun quality time to spend together which is important in their learning aswell