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Bolster language skills and imagination while you share

Description:
Reading is widely acknowledged to be the most beneficial thing a parent can do with a child in terms of bolstering language skills and imagination. So read to your children from the day they are born. Even when they are too young to understand the words, they will enjoy looking at the pictures, hearing the inflection in your voice, and sharing close, 'together time' with you.

Step by Step:

1. Select an age-appropriate book with engaging illustrations.
2. Snuggle up together on a soft couch, rocking chair, or bed.
3. Read the story in an expressive voice, stopping to talk about the illustrations. When reading to a young child, the golden rule is to go slowly. Children need time to comprehend the words and build mental pictures of what's being said.
4. Ask related questions, such as "Where is the bear?" or "Can you count the flowers."

Materials:
A comfy couch, rocking chair, or bed
Story or poetry books

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