Benefits of Reading to Young Children

Benefits of Reading to Young Children

Reading to young children is the single most important factor in reading success. There is not a set age to begin reading to a child. Some parents begin reading to their baby while still in the womb. Others expose their child to books when he or she is a toddler. An infant can look at pictures and point to objects on the pages. Reading to young children has a substantial positive impact on their learning skills, communication skills, and reading skills.
Exposure to books and reading at an early age enhances learning skills. Children at the age of two or three who have been read to several times a day do substantially better in kindergarten at the age of 4 and 5 than youngsters whose parents read to them a few times a week or less (Williams 1). These children are twice as likely to be able to perform math...