5 Best Tips To Increase Reading Habits In Preschool Toddlers
In the following, we’ll be discussing a vital topic that’s “5 best tips to increase reading habits in preschool toddlers” and will discuss about it thoroughly within the article. Reading is such a crucial part of growing up, especially in this day and age when screen time has become so prevalent. If you’ve been following along for a little while, here on the blog, you’ll know how important reading is in our family.
Books help kids develop a positive imagination and artistic thinking in ways an iPad cannot. Creating good reading habits start when kids are young that will, in turn, help them become strong readers and students when they are older. Kids aren’t simply born with a love of reading, it’s something that you can foster and grow over time. Here are my top 5 tips to increase reading habits in preschool toddlers.
1. Read Yourself
Your kids emulate everything you do. It’s how they learn. To confirm you’re setting good examples by reading yourself. If your kids are sitting down with a couple of books themselves, grab a book or magazine for yourself and join them. We know it’s hard in today’s technology age to not use that downtime to catch up on e-mails or scroll through Instagram, but try and rediscover that love of reading yourself and your kids will quickly find out how important reading is for the entire family.
2. Read Every Day From Day One
Kids actually love routine, so it’s quite easy to see why daily reading would actually make them into little bookworms. This applies to babies as well – there’s no such thing as starting to read too early! If there’s one thing you as parents need to be consistently doing when it comes to good parenting, it’s reading with your kids. It should be a part of your bedtime routine as well as throughout the day if you want to sit down for a few minutes (which, let’s face it, is quite often). You just need to grab a book for the kids and read to them, whilst drinking a cup of coffee or just putting up your feet and enjoying that little rest. It’s a moment of downtime for all of you.
3. Visit The Library Often
If you’re lucky enough to have a local library nearby, it’s such a great place to discover new books. Let your kids roam around and pick out books that spark their interest; you might be surprised what they come back with! (For example, Nicky has been heading to the language and travel sections lately.) It’s a great way to test the waters before creating your kids library at home.
4. Create A Dedicated Reading Space
Pick a comfortable spot in your house to form into a dedicated reading space. It doesn’t need to be crammed with plenty of books, but have several easily visible and accessible and have that spot be somewhere you read consistently. You may actually have several spots in your house where you can place kids’ books (like your bedroom) and later on your kids will actively seek out these spots when they want to read a book. Or, conversely, they’ll grab a book out of habit when we’re in that specific spot.
5. Reread Favorite Books
We know rereading the same stories over and over again becomes pretty tiring for us adults, but it’s the way kids learn to read themselves. They love spotting things they’ve missed and learning to connect the words they see with those they hear. Before you know it, they’ll read the story back to you!
