Reading to young children helps in many different ways. As babies develop and grow, neural pathways are being built every second. Reading helps promote those connections. Children who are read to regularly have an easier time learning to read on their own and have a better academic outcomes once they start school. It has been shown to increase empathy and teach children about their own emotions. Children, read to regularly, exercised better self-control and paid better attention. Plus, it’s a wonderful way to strengthen the parent-child bond by relaxing and spending great quality time with them.

Key Takeaways:

• Studies show that mothers who read to their children parent them less harshly.
• A baby makes a billion new neural connections every day, and by age five 90% of the brain is developed.
• Reading stories to children helps them understand their own emotions, as well as how others are feeling.

“The children who were read to regularly were also better able to exercise self-control and pay better attention.”

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