{"id":2569,"date":"2012-02-07T17:04:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2012\/02\/07\/reading-to-children\/"},"modified":"2012-02-07T17:04:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:04:25","slug":"reading-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2012\/02\/07\/reading-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading to Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-958\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/02\/mom-reading1.jpg\" alt=\"mom reading\" width=\"175\" height=\"173\" \/>It is never too early to start reading to children.\u00a0 Children of all ages enjoy having stories read to them.\u00a0 Reading, cuddling up on a couch or reading before a child takes a nap or goes to sleep at night, is comforting for the child.\u00a0 This special time together builds a bond, take the time\u00a0to read to the children in your life.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read slowly, this gives children time to think about what you are reading.<\/li>\n<li>Change your voice for different characters, or read in a softer voice from some characters, louder for others.\u00a0\u00a0 A sing song voice is fun for young children.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-951\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/02\/family-reading_300.jpg\" alt=\"family-reading_300\" width=\"239\" height=\"200\" \/>Share a picture book with a child and have them tell you a story from the pictures!<\/li>\n<li>Read every day!<\/li>\n<li>Children have favorites, so don\u2019t worry if they want the same story every day, but add a few others so they can develop new favorites.<\/li>\n<li>Talk about the story, ask the children what was their favorite part.\u00a0 Let them share the story back to you or their parents!<\/li>\n<li>Do arts and crafts about the story.\u00a0 Have them draw you a picture about the story.<\/li>\n<li>If the children are old enough to read themselves, have them read you a story.\u00a0 Alternate, you read, they read.\u00a0 This will encourage them to read more!<\/li>\n<li>Have fun, read stories about subjects you and the children enjoy!<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the TV and computer and read!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is never too early to start reading to children.\u00a0 Children of all ages enjoy having stories read to them.\u00a0 Reading, cuddling up on a couch or reading before a child takes a nap or goes to sleep at night, is comforting for the child.\u00a0 This special time together builds a bond, take the time\u00a0to  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2012\/02\/07\/reading-to-children\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[78,127,160,300,400,465,466,469],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pairs-teach","tag-childrens-books","tag-cultural-childcare","tag-live-in-childcare-long-island","tag-reading-to-children","tag-suffolk-county-au-pair","tag-suffolk-county-au-pairs","tag-suffolk-county-childcare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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