10 developmental benefits of reading!

10 DEVELOPMENTAL BENEFITS OF READING!

1. One on one interaction with your child!
2. Pre-reading skills (how you hold a book, reading left to right, what words look like)
3. Helps develop fine motor skills for turning pages
4. Helps develop understanding of action words (running, swinging, eating)
5. Teaches concepts of space (under, over, below, in)
6. Increases your child’s vocabulary
7. Many books promote rhyming skills (important for future reading and writing)
8. Strengthens the relationship of listening and talking
9. Helps your child learn what sounds the letters make
10. Helps your child learn color, number and shape concepts!