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Posted: Sun 2:13, 18 Aug 2013 Post subject: barbour Tips For Reading To Kids |
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Utilize Nursery Rhymes: There are a variety of books out there that focus on Nursery Rhymes. You should use these often because they are short stories that contain rhyming words in a repetitive manner. This is important because when children are exposed to the same words over and over, especially within the same story, they begin to instantly recognize those words.
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Be Interesting: To instill a love for reading in your children, you need to make the stories interesting. In most cases, all this requires is that you have a good attitude about reading to your children. However, changing your voice from character to character will help too. The main thing that makes a story interesting for children is when you have a good attitude and have fun at story time.
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Mommies Magazine offers you additional tips to getting the most benefit from reading to children
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