Supporting your Toddler’s Learning process – Reading
It is excitingly surprising that learning process starts right from their birth. Children as early as a toddler are constantly watching their parents or elders in general in which everyday activities help make connections in their brain which develops their literacy and numeracy. There are numerous fun ways to help your toddler develop the love for reading.
Reading unlocks the door to learning and provides access to all other knowledge. Toddlers watch us speak and they first learn about language which prepares them for reading. You can try talking and singing to your toddler which helps them learn and understand what you say and how to talk. You can rock your baby in rhythm to the music, sing-song or lullaby and say rhymes to them. Talk to your toddler about what happened during the day and describe things around you or what is happening. When your toddler gets older, play word games, sing songs, say poems and rhymes together. You can also encourage them to make up their own stories and songs about everyday things.
Reading to your toddler helps them to learn the words and how to use them. Reading to them is one of the best ways to teach them language and develop the love for reading lifelong. Begin the reading process right from the birth and make the reading time special part for a long term. Choose books with pictures and show those pictures to your toddler and describe it. This will help them to learn that books are fun, amusing and comforting.
It is essential to keep reading together as your kid grows. Make routine time for reading and allow your child to choose their favorites and they will enjoy hearing you read. Describe pictures in the books and wait for them if they can guess what happens next. Encourage your toddler when they make a comment or contribution to the story. Make sure that you never force reading on them, it has to be fun, so stop reading when they have had enough. Choose books from different places and get your toddler choose from libraries, book fairs or from your friends. Look out for letters and words everywhere and make your toddler guess them and this will show them how useful reading can be.
Above all, be a role model and let your toddler see you reading newspaper, books, magazines which will help your toddler to understand that reading is important.
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