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Play & LearnRead to MeBecause infants are great listeners, can identify familiar voices and make their own sounds, they easily engage in simple reading. Buy brightly colored cardboard or vinyl books that have pictures of faces and cheerful designs. As you read each page aloud, identify the images. Help your baby feel the page, and let him hold the book himself (with your help, of course). Infants explore the world with their mouths, so he may mouth the pages (a vinyl book may be ideal for the first few months). Research shows that children who were read to as young babies and toddlers have improved language and communication skills and enhanced intellectual development as they get older. They are better prepared to enter school than children who weren’t. Plus, they’re more likely to develop a lifelong love of reading, which teaches them about people and the world, as well as how to handle different situations and feelings. Next page: Let's Play Peekaboo |
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