{"id":1537,"date":"2012-03-11T01:22:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T06:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/?p=99"},"modified":"2012-03-11T01:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T06:22:20","slug":"take-time-to-read-a-book-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vas\/2012\/03\/11\/take-time-to-read-a-book-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Take time to read a book today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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.<\/p>\n<div>\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\" 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\" \/><\/li>\n<li>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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different ways to enjoy reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,251,542,380],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids","tag-books","tag-indoors","tag-kids","tag-reading"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take time to read a book today! 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