{"id":991,"date":"2018-10-16T06:11:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T06:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lis.ac.in\/blogs\/?p=991"},"modified":"2018-10-16T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T08:58:07","slug":"reading-importance-preschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lis.ac.in\/blogs\/reading-importance-preschool\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Reading in Preschool or Early Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we read a story for our loved ones, we tend to involve ourselves in the time and space of the book. We begin to exist together in the warmth and the comfort of the words. This builds a sense of security. Likewise, it leaves our child to believe in the endless possibilities of creative imaginations. When you read \u201cGoodnight Moon\u201d or \u201cGuess, How Much I love you\u201d with your child, it is the bond that you develop that is important. Playschool<\/a> or preschool kids who had been read to at least three times a week have a greater ability to decode words in comparison to the children who are read to less often.<\/p>\n

Why Is Reading Important?<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Preschool\"<\/a>

Preschool<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Books provide kids with literary opportunities to travel outside their small imagination worlds to become aware of how others live. By reading books, young ones learn about values and morals in a way that is fun and age appropriate. \u201cSlow and steady wins the race, Sharing is Caring, Friend in need is a friend indeed, Treat others how you want others to treat you\u201d- these are some values for early years.<\/p>\n

We use these true to life quotes often without realizing how they have been teaching us in childhood through moral stories. Books offer a wider view than most of us can ever hope to achieve in our daily lives.<\/p>\n

Stages of Reading<\/span><\/h5>\n

From\u00a0preschool, playschool<\/a> or nursery school<\/a> through third grade, when kids are just starting to read, the focus in all subjects is typically on the teacher talking to the kids. At this stage, teaching is verbal and the kids with the largest vocabularies have an advantage because they understand most of what the teacher is saying. Books, like magazines and newspapers, contain advanced and complex language that uses complete sentences. So it makes sense that a child who hears more sophisticated words has a giant advantage over a preschool child who hasn\u2019t heard those words.<\/p>\n

Introduce your children to various authors and their style of writing. This exposes them to different worlds of rhymes, images, songs, and stories. Each story brings out the fantasy and captures the creative imagination, creating a sense of anticipation in each of the learners.<\/p>\n

Long-Term Benefits of Reading<\/span><\/h5>\n

Books enable parents and teachers to give young children the best gift of storytelling. A gift that creates life, love, culture, fantasy, adventure, and mystery. It takes us into a world where our imagination knows no boundaries and the impossible is real. But no matter what or how many books we recommend. As a result, what matters is the time that you read to your child. It is this time that the children will always cherish for life.<\/p>\n

Reading helps a child\u2019s cognitive development<\/h5>\n