You can show that learning is fun and important and can encourage a love of reading in your child. An Early Childhood Growth Chart for families and caregivers which gives age-appropriate activities to promote language development for young children. Some parents assume that learning to read starts with memorizing the alphabet and sounding out words, but actually the fundamentals of reading begin much earlier. Adults lay the foundation for reading every day, when they point out objects and describe what they are doing while dressing an infant, grocery shopping with a toddler, or cooking with a preschooler. For All Ages Children are natural musicians, and exposure to music during the early years enhances the learning process by promoting language development, creativity, coordination, and social interaction.
Caregivers can play an important role in incorporating music and movement into a child's life.
Now, new brain research shows that there are specific things parents can do that will have a permanent and positive effect on a child's ability to learn. The article describes how children who have trouble reading often have underlying speech and language problems. Being able to predict which children will have trouble reading would allow speech-language pathologists and others to begin to work with them before they fail. Helping children learn about reading Some parents assume that learning to read starts with memorizing the alphabet and sounding out words, but actually the fundamentals of reading begin much earlier. Adults lay the foundation for reading every day.