As a mother of three beautiful children, I still find it amazing how quickly children learn. For me, the amazing thing is to know how much a newborn child can understand. From the minute they are born, they are starting the learning process. Starting a new life can be scary for adults and how much they have to learn. Imagine it from a newborns point of few. Going from the security of the womb into the big, wide-open world has to be terrifying. They have to start learning how to cope immediately.
From their very first cry, newborn children have to learn how to communicate with the world. They have to learn right away how to let their parents know that they are hungry, tired, need to be changed, or just need to be loved. If their little minds were not constantly going, they would never be able to develop the communications to survive as a young one. It is unfathomable how our minds work, especially at that young of an age.
Then as they grow, these young individuals develop their own personalities. They can use this to understand other peoples emotions and feelings. They understand when something has changed or when something is wrong. The young children in this world are constantly gaining knowledge and learning what to do with the information they are gathering.
As parents, we need to take advantage of this vast development. A major way of doing this is by constantly talking with our young children as if they understand everything that we are saying. Amazingly, they understand more than what we usually give them credit for. Young children learn more language and vocabulary within the first three years of their life. By constantly hearing their parents and others around them communicate, they will learn and understand how to communicate as well.
Another major opportunity we have as parents, is to read to our children every day. Especially when they are very young, children need to hear adventures. They love to see the brightly colored pages and listen to the different emotions that you bring forth when you are reading to them. As early as day one, it is important to start this routine. It helps the minds and vocabulary of young children begin to grow. They will also become excited about learning to read.
I started talking and reading with my children the day I brought them home from the hospital. My older children love to read. They love to listen to me read by changing my voice to match the characters in the book and the suspense that is brought with each new adventure. It is great to watch and listen to them as they try to make the dramatizations when they are reading to me.
It is never too early to start helping your children learn how to read. The patience and quality time you give, will pay off just by watching your children develop and grow. Watching the young children as they begin to recognize certain words and the excitement they have when they can read the words on their own is simply breath-taking.
Not only is teaching your child the importance of reading rewarding to the child, but it is rewarding to you as well. Seeing the joy and smiles that come from children that love to read is a wonderful thing. It helps us as parents to know that we are doing a great job and we are wonderful teachers to our children. They will grow up knowing that we were there for them throughout all the great storybook adventures. One day, they might even pass the same adventures on to their children. It is definitely worth every minute.
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