Please read to me.
Use age-appropriate techniques to encourage and teach reading. Although some experts feel formal reading instruction should wait until age four, there are many ways to encourage an interest in reading and to encourage the development of skills for reading from birth. Personal bonding, environment and established routines are three keys to teaching a baby to read.
Development
Techniques to teach a baby to read evolve along with the baby's growing abilities to recognize and respond to various stimuli. For example, a baby can remember visual stimuli for about two weeks at the age of five months. Three months later, the baby develops the ability to remember aural stimuli for about two weeks. In 12 more months, the baby's skills will have grown exponentially, and you can use different methods to encourage reading at that time.
Personal Bonding
It is important to consider the baby's feelings and acknowledge that an infant's brain is prepared for learning. These are key steps in the process of teaching a baby to read. Experts say that the feelings an infant associates with reading are key factors in how the infant later feels about reading. Reading or singing to an infant in your arms promotes early bonding and gives the baby a chance to associate reading with love and warmth. This early bonding correlates to positive long-term effects on progressive reading and academic accomplishments in later life.
Environment
Sing lullabies and recite nursery rhymes to newborns. At four months, the baby will be interested in objects, books among them. A baby's first books are usually cloth or other materials that can withstand chewing and throwing. Board books are appropriate after age six months. At about age nine months, let the baby turn the pages. By this time, the baby will be interested in more than pictures and will show interest in the story itself. By 18 months old, the baby will like books with features that appeal to his natural ability to explore. Keep books where the baby can reach them to encourage exploration.
Routine
Schedule regular reading sessions. Child psychologists feel that a little bit of reading at regular intervals is better than a lot of reading at any given time. They encourage a daily reading program, and reading at the same time of day and in a special reading place each day helps a child to focus for short periods of time. By age 12 months, a baby will look forward to a favorite book and enjoy hearing it over and over again.
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