Research proves the importance of reading aloud to children
Study after study has proven that reading out loud to children is beneficial in many ways.
Here are just a few findings about reading aloud and storytelling with babies and children:
- promotes brain development and imagination, develops language and emotions, and strengthens relationships
- helps your child get to know sounds, words and language, and develop early literacy skills
- sparks your child’s imagination and stimulate curiosity
- helps develop your child’s brain, ability to focus, concentration, social skills and communication skills
- prepares them to understand the written word
Even a peer-reviewed university study, the landmark Becoming a Nation of Readers report from 1985, concluded that “the single most important activity for building knowledge for their eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.”
The StoryTime Karaoke Treatment of classic children’s tales goes beyond and adds another dimension to the sound of a familiar voice, sound effects to back up some of the words that are being spoken.
Parents who point out words and letters to the children as they read aloud boost the youngsters’ reading skills when they are older according to one study.
Parents should plan on reading to a child for at least ten minutes a day. The longer this time is extended, the more vocabulary words will be known by the time they get to kindergarten.
Isn’t your child’s development worth ten minutes a day?