Show Your Baby That You ReadWritten by Anil Vij
When you take your child to library, check out a book for yourself. Then set a good example by letting your child see you reading for yourself. Ask your child to get one of her books and sit with you as you read your book, magazine, or newspaper. Don't worry if you feel comfortable with your own reading ability. It's reading that counts.When your child sees that reading is important to you, she may decide that it is important to him or her, too How Does a Book Work? Children are fascinated by how books look and feel. They see how easily you handle and read books, and they want to do same. When your toddler watches you handle books, she begins to learn that a book is for reading, not tearing or tossing around. Before she is 3, she may even pick one up and pretend to read, an important sign that she is beginning to know what a book is for. As your child becomes a preschooler, she is learning that ??
| | Developing Your Baby's LanguageWritten by Anil Vij
Children can develop language skills only if they have many opportunities to talk, listen and use language to solve problems and learn about world. Long before your child enters school, you can do many things to help her develop language. You can: Give your child opportunities to play. Play is how children learn. It is natural way for them to explore, to become creative, to learn to make up and tell stories and to develop social skills. Play also helps children learn to solve problems--for example, if her wagon tips over, a child must figure out how to get it upright again. When they stack up blocks, children learn about colors, numbers, geometry, shapes and balance. Playing with others helps children learn how to negotiate. Support and guide your child as she learns a new activity. Parents can help children learn how to do new things by "scaffolding," or guiding their efforts. For example, as you and your toddler put together a puzzle, you might point to a piece and say, "I think this is piece we need for this space. Why don't you try it?" Then have child pick up piece and place it correctly. As child becomes more aware of how pieces fit into puzzle, you can gradually withdraw your support.
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