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Raising a better, smarter, more compassionate generation starts with reading to your baby from an early age, but it certainly doesn’t stop there. Why reading to your baby everyday isn’t enough We know that reading to babies and interacting with them is one of the greatest gifts we can give them. The [...] If you want to read to your child, start today. (Even if you have never read aloud before) You may have heard how reading to babies from birth benefits them in various ways – making them smarter, improving their language and communication skills, boosting their confidence levels, enhancing their reading comprehension and writing skills and basically, [...] I hadn’t read or heard about Emma Walton Hamilton’s book, Raising Bookworms, when I started this blog a few months ago. I picked it up a few days ago and found to my delight that a lot of what she says, is what I believe in as well. I can’t tell you how good it [...] Enjoy Family Story Time Story time at book store – Fancy Nancy’s Splendiferous Christmas As you can probably tell, I am a big fan of story time sessions at the library and reading events for kids at book stores. I have always loved spending time around books, although I am no voracious reader by any stretch [...]
If you have ever interacted with a toddler or preschooler, you have probably wondered on more than one occasion – How on earth do I get him to pay attention when I read to him? What can I do to keep my kid interested for more than a couple of minutes?
“It has always been my conviction that Indian parents who train their children to think and talk in English from their infancy betray their children and their country. They deprive them of the spiritual and social heritage of the nation, and render them to that extent unfit for the service of the country.” – Gandhi, [...] There are many reasons I prefer books to other gifts, especially when it comes to my daughter. And not all of it has to do with her. Part of M's book collection On some days, it’s just the fact that books are relatively quiet and don’t start singing the ABC’s when I accidentally step on them. Sometimes [...] If you’re a parent, you probably do laundry, answer the phone, fix dinner and check emails while you settle a sibling fight. Every night. Multitasking may be the mantra of parenthood . It may seem that juggling multiple things may be the only way to do everything and how you keep your family and work [...] When it comes to books and your baby, sometimes, cuddling up to read just doesn’t cut it. There are times when your baby needs romping action. And maybe you do too. For cold, rainy days when your kids can’t play outside or when you’re just in the mood for some action-packed reading with your tot, [...] Reading. Physical Activity. Social Skills. For many parents(yours truly included), combining these essential, but seemingly exclusive aspects of child development is a challenge. As a parent of a young daughter, I see that she craves different kinds of stimulation and activity during the course of a day. Yes, she seems to like books and reading with me, [...] |
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