What are the benefits of reading to younger children?

Answer 1

Kids need to learn how to read and the more innovative that a parent is in ensuring this the better it will work out for the kid. There are many fun activities that a parent can use to make reading fun for kids. This includes phonics and the more colorful the sing along songs the better for the kid. http://educationalfun.info

Answer 2

they have greater imagination im a 13 year girl my mom read to me when i was little now I LOVE TO READ. i read ALL kinds of books i read the whole TWILIGHT SERIES, if you want your children to like reading and have an imagination to create their own little stories READ TO THEM. VANESSA RODRIGUEZ

Answer 3

I'm not giving an educated answer, just theory here... I think that, like anything we do, our bodies develop habit. Reading, even at an early age, can begin to help the brain develop the habit of learning or using our imaginations, most of all to think and retain information.

Answer 4

Literature allows people, even children, to taken to a new world, or see their existing one differently. Good literature has a lasting affect on everybody who reads it, be it just a slight nuance to the way we talk to certain people, or a huge change that deserves to spread for the greater good. Unless, of course, you read crap books, then you put the book back on the shelf with a feeling of dissatisfaction, annoyance, and fustration. For example, in my opinion, Sue Bennet writes stories second to five-year olds. But that's getting personal.

Answer 5

Reading adds to a language rich environment.

We learn by hearing -- as children hear you read, they pick up the words, the grammar, and the way of speaking.