Reading to Baby

Reading to Baby in a pleasant environment helps her learn that reading is pleasurable. It also helps her begin to decode language. Infants younger than six months can distingish a wide range of speech contrasts. By eight months many can distinguish familiar words from unfamiliar words.

Reading to Baby

Reading to Baby in a pleasant environment helps her learn that reading is pleasurable. It also helps her begin to decode language. Infants younger than six months can distingish a wide range of speech contrasts. By eight months many can distinguish familiar words from unfamiliar words.

Books

"Some of the sweetest hours of life, on retrospect, will be found to have been spent with books." Ralph Waldo Emerson

This does seem to be true in my life, I remember reading to my son when he was a baby, we would sit and read a couple of times of day. We would read about Clifford, Carl the dog, Maisy, and Big Bird, then later reading Dr. Suess, and now we are reading Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, and other comic books.

As a child I loved all the adventures and glimpses of other people's lives reading books, (which I still enjoy). I'm so happy my son feels this way too. Last week we went to Powell's book store, Kurt bought a book and then we hung out at the coffee shop, reading, having a treat. Very Sweet!!

Angie, Kindermusik Teacher
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Literacy

Reading picture books together with adults helps children internalize some skills that are crucial in the development of true literacy.
Reading Together:

• fosters reading enjoyment
• provides predictability through repetition
• expands understanidng of story structures
• promotes critical thinking
• encourages language play and creative expression

Kindermusik Music and Story Time provides all these important benefits as well as helping devleop music literacy through the rhythm and movement element of the Kindermusik story books.

 

 

Angie Janson, Kindermusik Teacher

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Reading to Baby in a cozy, pleasant environment creates positive associations with books and learning. Of course, it also helps Baby begin to decode language. Research has shown that babies younger than six months can distinguish familiar words from unfamiliar words.

Choose nursery rhymes and stories to tell Baby. Try making up a story about something familiar to Baby. As you speak, see how many different ways you can use your voice. This helps Baby learn expressive use of voice.

Kindermusik Teacher
503-708-2827
web site: www.kindermusikwithangie.kindermusik.net
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Reading to Baby

Reading to Baby in a pleasant enviornment helps her learn that reading is pleasureable. It also helps her begin to decode language. Infants younger than six months can distinguish a wide range of speech contrasts. By eight months many can distinguish familiar words from unfamiliar words.

Kindermusik Teacher
503-708-2827
web site: www.kindermusikwithangie.kindermusik.net
Become a fan of my Facebook page!