As a parent, one of the simplest activities we can do with our kids is to read to them. I’ve worked in schools and with doctors in hospitals as an occupational therapist for almost 2 decades.
If there is one suggestion that professionals always share, it is a simple one, read to your kids as soon as you can, and don’t ever stop.
As a parent my reading routine with my son has changed over the years, and while having some shiny new books on the shelf has been helpful, in order to keep my son interested, he has benefited from having many tools to help his skills advance.
At any given time he’s enjoyed a combination of board books, paper-back books, apps, reading toys like a LeapReader.
One of the most amazing apps we’ve used, since the launch of the app in 2013, is Speakaboos. Housed in app there is access to over 200 different e-books, videos, nursery rhymes, and musical songs that feature characters kids know and love from Sesame Street, Thomas the Train, Angelina Ballerina, Sid the Science Kid. Many stories even have touch screen interaction, allowing kids to use their fingers to interact with story.
Sometimes he can prefers to make choices and view or listen to the story content on his own, but now that he is beginning to read, we are using these familiar books and characters, allowing him to do
You can try the service for a week, without needing a credit card. There are monthly and yearly subscriptions. The code TOYQUEEN gets you 30% off the annual subscription price!
Android, iOS – no wifi needed. Great for travel.Different reading levels. word highlighting, animation
Even if you don’t have the newest, shiniest version of the Very Hungry Caterpillar, read a sign, mail, or a snack pack. Go to a library story hour. Download an app. Do anything you can to teach your children at an early age that letters and words are meaningful.
I remember and miss those slobbery, drooly cardboard book days, but with a 6 year old in Kindergarten who just recently read me his first book from start to finish all on his own,
Our reading routines have changed over the years, but it has always been apart of our bedtime routine, and I love that there are so many options to read these days aside from a traditional paper book.
It’s part of many nightly bedtime routines. As is the case in my house, I never thought my son would beg me to read 7 books per night. Then I never thought we’d move across the country, leaving our entire childhood library in brown box in storage.
Teaching children to love reading is something that eading is something that as parents we hear before our kids are born. Books help children build vocabulary been using the Speakaboo’s app on our family iPad for almost 3 years. We got our first subscription at the launch of this outstanding e-book library.