Raising young ones can see many of us wondering if we’re doing the right thing, but would you believe there are some vital skills that could be learned all from reading aloud to your kids? That’s right; all that fun can have some major life benefits, too.
Boost their vocabulary
Children are like sponges and can often soak up any information that comes their way – including all those new and wonderful words they hear every day. Reading aloud with your kids can be one of the best ways to help boost their vocabulary as they learn how to say the word, use it in a sentence, and become used to hearing it in everyday life. That’s not all. Kids will also learn how to use the word in a sentence and make memories from hearing the word all thanks to listening to their parents pronounce the new words.
Initiate conversations
Talking to our kids can have many benefits. As well as learning social skills they can take with them for the rest of their lives, these conversations can help them to understand the world, discover new things, and can learn to trust those around them. That’s not all. There are some conversations that seem to come as mandatory ones for parents, but they might not always be the easiest to initiate. Thankfully, reading about them in stories could help to break the ice on those topics that many of us would prefer to avoid.
See the bigger picture
It could be tough to imagine a world where we don’t know the beginning, middle, and end of a story, or one where the characters in our head don’t all have their own voices. However, reading aloud with our children can help to bridge the gap between reality and the stories they are listening to. That’s not all. Adding voices to the characters and reading about characters in stories can help children to learn about the heroes of the world that could be all they need to boost them through life. The best bit? Some youngsters even relate the heroes in the stories to their parents.
Build a passion
Some of us love to read. In fact, some can’t imagine a day going by without picking up a good book and losing hours to the story on the pages. Why not pass that passion onto your children? Reading with your little ones can be a brilliant way to spend time together as you settle down with a story. Plus, reading aloud can build an entire world around them as they listen to you describe the details of the mystical lands and all the characters that live there. This not only helps to grow their imagination, but it can also help build a passion for reading stories all on their own once they’re older.
Whether you settle down for a story every night or prefer to spend the weekend reading aloud with your kids, it seems as though there are many benefits to losing yourselves in a book. Reading never looked so good.
