Assalamualaikum to all my readers..
First and foremost congratulations Faiz Subri for bringing home the best goal PUSKAS FiFA 2016 award. I love your speech. It was sincere and genuine, so stay cool and humble and sincere and genuine all the time.
So back to business. We want to talk about reading to your children. Let's start with my experience with Hud. Hud turned one when we were in UK. Every baby in Wales will receive a bag containing a cup, a toothbrush, a rhyme sheet and two books when they turn one. What does this indicate?? First, a one year old needs to start practicing using a cup to drink in preparation for them to stop bottle at the age of two. Second, they need to brush their teeth since they have grown teeth and eat more food. Third, a rhyme sheet to promote a fun way of learning which could include singing. Lastly, two books. Why two books instead of one? Because starting to learn how to read at a very early age is really important.
And one more interesting fact is that they offer this superb library service for the young ones which is a program to promote early reading where toddlers can borrow books from library as long as they want and there is no due date to return the books and no late charges as well.
So, why reading is important to our kids?
First and foremost congratulations Faiz Subri for bringing home the best goal PUSKAS FiFA 2016 award. I love your speech. It was sincere and genuine, so stay cool and humble and sincere and genuine all the time.
So back to business. We want to talk about reading to your children. Let's start with my experience with Hud. Hud turned one when we were in UK. Every baby in Wales will receive a bag containing a cup, a toothbrush, a rhyme sheet and two books when they turn one. What does this indicate?? First, a one year old needs to start practicing using a cup to drink in preparation for them to stop bottle at the age of two. Second, they need to brush their teeth since they have grown teeth and eat more food. Third, a rhyme sheet to promote a fun way of learning which could include singing. Lastly, two books. Why two books instead of one? Because starting to learn how to read at a very early age is really important.
And one more interesting fact is that they offer this superb library service for the young ones which is a program to promote early reading where toddlers can borrow books from library as long as they want and there is no due date to return the books and no late charges as well.
So, why reading is important to our kids?
According to one study from University of Melbourne, the frequency of reading at early age has direct casual effects on schooling outcomes. Let me just show you the key findings of this study.
The conclusion of the study:
The study shows that there is an important role for parents in the development and educational performance of their children. Parental reading to children increases the child’s reading and other cognitive skills at least up to the age of 10–11. This is an early-life intervention that seems to be beneficial for the rest of their lives. The results indicate a direct causal effect from reading to children at a young age and their future schooling outcomes regardless of parental income, education level or cultural background. Although many studies have shown an association between reading and schooling outcomes, actual causality has been much more difficult to prove.
As parents we want the best for our kids. Reading to your childen at the very young age seems like a very good start for them and of course whatever they become in future is up to themselves or what the destiny holds for them.
