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Reading to kids

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Asian mother and daughter reading a book at home. — Young Asian mother spending time with daughter in the living room.

Reading to kids: Literacy benefits

Reading aloud to children often, and from an early age is the best way to help them learn to read themselves.
Being read to develops kids’ knowledge of the structure of writing, increases their vocabulary, and improves their pronunciation.
Children also develop a love of reading when they have books read to them often and from an early age.

Reading to kids: Emotional development

Being read to is a pleasurable, bonding experience for young children.
Hearing about how characters in books manage challenges, helps children learn healthy ways of expressing their own emotions.
Being read to also increases children’s confidence.

Reading to kids: Cognitive and physical benefits

Children who are read to as pre-schoolers, perform better in primary school tests.
Read books aloud to children expands their knowledge of the world around them, and their concentration and imagination.
Turning the pages of a book improves children’s fine motor skills.

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Date Created: August 5, 2018 Date Modified: August 22, 2018