Bedtime Stories

A Five Point Guide for Reading to Babies

Have you ever wondered why some kids actually choose to bury their heads in a well-thumbed Lord of the Rings novel, and others just want to watch it on DVD? While we often assume that there are those who are “readers” by nature, and those who are not, we may actually play a larger role in instilling the love of words in our children than we realise, and from a surprisingly early age.

It is commonly understood that reading aloud is beneficial in developing a love of books and therefore a love of learning in children. However, when should it all begin? Some parents begin reading to their babies while they are still in the womb. Others begin when you’re child starts bringing books home to be read for homework. Australian children’s author Mem Fox believes in reading to your child from as early as possible; she suggests, “Reading aloud to children everyday from their first year of life until they start school (and beyond) changes their lives forever” (‘Herald/Sun’ 7/12/2003).

So just how do you read to your baby? This simple five-point guide may help get you started:

1. When to read

Find a moment when your baby is quiet but alert, perhaps after a feed, play or sleep. Once you are familiar with your baby’s routine and ways of communicating with you, it will become easier to find the best time.

2. Where to read

Sit in a cuddly position with your baby to read. Children come to associate reading with comfort and enjoyment this way. Make sure the book is close to them so that they can see and touch the book.

3. What to read

Have some very simple Board Books, or Cloth Books on hand to read. Not just stories, but books with songs and Nursery Rhymes are great as are interactive books with things to touch, feel and hear are very appealing for babies. Head to your local library or bookshop – there is a wonderful selection to choose from these days. Special e-Readers are also a good option. For example VTech Flip. According to the article “
eBook Readers for Children
” (dbReaders), it is the kid’s version of the Kindle, Nook or Sony reader, and is in full color with animation and illustrations.

Books about things you may have done, or seen with your baby are a great way to expand on and reinforce recent events. For example, if you saw ducks in the park, read a book with pictures of ducks in it.

4. How to read

Read with animation in your voice. Don’t worry about feeling silly; you will be rewarded when your baby grows to love particular parts of a book because of the sounds you make. This is also known as “voice inflection” and is defined as “the way we change the tone of our voice to emphasise key words” (‘Speaking of Speech’, Harrington and Le Beau).

With the right tone of voice and inflection appropriate to a baby’s development you can read almost anything. The Editorial section of a newspaper can even be read to calm a baby, if the tone of voice is right!

Use all the senses. If the story has wind blowing, then gently blow into your baby’s neck. If the story has movement, then bounce your baby gently on your knee. If the crocodile “snaps”, then gently pretend to “snap” your baby’s tummy with your fingers. Once they have become familiar with the story they will begin to “squirm” in delightful anticipation as the “crocodile gets ready to snap”. This is actually teaching story prediction (knowing what comes next).

5. What then?

Once your baby has a few books they like, then leave them in accessible places for them to find, the bottom of a bookshelf or a basket. In time you will begin to see them pulling out the books and “reading” them for themselves. They will flip the pages and chatter to themselves. You may even hear them start to mimic the voices you do. By the time they can move around the house they will be bringing their favourite books for you to read to them. A wonderful, but maddening thing when you are trying to cook dinner!

The ‘pre-reading’ skills can begin to develop from a very early age. Skills such as holding the books the right way up, turning the pages in sequence (babies, as young as four months, can flip a board book page over with their fist as you are reading to them), exploring pictures and learning that the words are read to tell a story. These are all essential skills for children learning to read.

Most importantly, read for the fun of it!

Reading isn’t about trying to push your child to be a gifted baby; it is about giving the gift of stories to your child. The discovery that there is something lovely within the pages of a book is the best reading lesson you can ever give your baby, and when they’re older, they may just be carrying the latest kids’ novel around with them, instead of a Nintendo D.S.

Marco Gustafsson writes for website Digital Book Readers. He reviews and compares types of
electronic paper
, e-book libraries, reading gadgets and more.

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5000 Babies’ Names $6.06 New – This is essential reading for parents-to-be! It reveals the meaning of 5,000 names, both commonplace and unusual, and how these thousands of names take their sources from many languages, ancient and modern. Using this book, you can satisfy your curiosity about other people’s names, discover the real meaning of your own name and find the perfect name for your baby.

5000 Babies’ Names $6.06 Used – This is essential reading for parents-to-be! It reveals the meaning of 5,000 names, both commonplace and unusual, and how these thousands of names take their sources from many languages, ancient and modern. Using this book, you can satisfy your curiosity about other people’s names, discover the real meaning of your own name and find the perfect name for your baby.

A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature $1.99 Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children—and nurturing their love of reading.A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their children. It’s divided into four sections:1. Reading to Them:Choosing and sharing board books and picture books with babies and very young children.2. Reading with Them:Launching the new reader with easy readers and chapter books.3. Reading on Their Own:Exploring what children read—and how they read—by genre and gender.4. Leaving Them Alone:Respecting the reading privacy of the young adult.Roger Sutton knows how and why children read. He must, as the editor in chief of THE HORN BOOK, which since 1924 has been America’s best source for reviews of books for young readers. But for many parents, selecting books for their children can make them feel lost. Now, in this essential resource, Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano, executive editor at the magazine, offer thoughtful essays that consider how books are read to (and then by) young people. They invite such leading authors and artists as Maurice Sendak, Katherine Paterson, Margaret Mahy, and Jon Scieszka, as well as a selection of top critics, to add their voices about the genres they know best. The result is an indispensable readers’ companion to everything from wordless board books to the most complex and daring young adult novels.

A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature $8 Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children—and nurturing their love of reading.A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their children. It’s divided into four sections:1. Reading to Them:Choosing and sharing board books and picture books with babies and very young children.2. Reading with Them:Launching the new reader with easy readers and chapter books.3. Reading on Their Own:Exploring what children read—and how they read—by genre and gender.4. Leaving Them Alone:Respecting the reading privacy of the young adult.Roger Sutton knows how and why children read. He must, as the editor in chief of THE HORN BOOK, which since 1924 has been America’s best source for reviews of books for young readers. But for many parents, selecting books for their children can make them feel lost. Now, in this essential resource, Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano, executive editor at the magazine, offer thoughtful essays that consider how books are read to (and then by) young people. They invite such leading authors and artists as Maurice Sendak, Katherine Paterson, Margaret Mahy, and Jon Scieszka, as well as a selection of top critics, to add their voices about the genres they know best. The result is an indispensable readers’ companion to everything from wordless board books to the most complex and daring young adult novels.

A Man’s Guide to Babies: How to Live with a Baby, Etc… $7.14 New – A fun guide for the man who is about to become a dad. It is written by a man, for men, in easy-to-understand (i.e., small) words. The book is relatively short because as a man, the author realizes that men have better things to do than to spend their time reading a book.

A Man’s Guide to Babies: How to Live with a Baby, Etc… $7.14 Used – A fun guide for the man who is about to become a dad. It is written by a man, for men, in easy-to-understand (i.e., small) words. The book is relatively short because as a man, the author realizes that men have better things to do than to spend their time reading a book.

A Midwife’s Story $14.95 When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life forever. A Midwife”s Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise. Honest and ultimately very moving, it is inspirational reading for all student midwives and expectant parents.

A Senior Citizen’s Pre-Election Workbook $12.99 Since I have been taught to never criticize without suggesting a solution I have made some that I believe would allow our elected officials to solve last century’s problems before a decade or two of this century passes.Suggestions: SET ONE TERM LIMITS FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS ALLOWING THEM TO WORK FULL TIME WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT RELECTION. This would allow those who want to, to acknowledge GOD without the worry of being POLITICALLY INCORRECT harming their reelection chances.. ELIMINATE THE SECULAR LIBERAL’S PLANTATIONS OF DEPENDENCY. ELIMINATE THEIR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ABORTION BUSINESS. ELIMINATE THEIR SOCIALIST METHIODS IN THE BLOATED INEFFECIENT AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT AGENCIESAfter reading my workbook please make you own recommendations to your lawmakers.GOD BLESSOver the years, as a concerned citizen, I have written our elected officials and others asking why they quit using the proven guidelines of the Bible when writing laws dealing with people. After not receiving an answer and seeing the decline of moral values in our country I decided to put together this workbook. As a Christian I have begged our elected officials to end the killing of millions of babies in their mothers’ wombs with abortion on demand. I have also asked those who treat others as inferior to themselves by their actions of excusing individual responsibility and rewarding immoral behavior to eliminate their PLANTATIONS OF DEPENDENCY. Their actions have sentenced several generations to a sub par standard of living benefiting only themselves.

Abc 123 $9.99 Like the super-selling MY FIRST SUPERMAN, MY FIRST BATMAN, and MY FIRST WONDER WOMAN books, SUPER HEROES A, B, C, 1,2,3 will appeal to comic book-fan Dads; lovers of bold, classic art; and their babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers<P>A is for Aquaman and B is for Batmobile in this cool, colorful board book that’s sure to make reading time lots of fun for dads. DC’s super heroes–from Superman and Batman to Green Lantern, the Flash, Wonder Woman, and many other favorites–illustrate the alphabet and numbers for budding fans. The classic comic book art makes this a great-looking package.

Alex and the Baby $3.36 Used – A further READING HIPPO story featuring Alex and his mum. Alex is fed up because his mum is looking after a baby for her friend, and Alex hates babies. They smell funny and are no good to play with, but they can make a lot of mess. Alex likes that, and decides that maybe babies are not so boring after all.

All about Me!: A Baby’s Guide to Babies $4.1 New – Clever babies and clever parents are sure to love reading the interactive text and looking at the adorable color and black-and-white photographs of real babies of all nationalities, in this oversize board book.

Alphabet Treasury Gr Pk-k $24.34 UKI1582: Banish the boredom! Use a 5-day lesson plan to introduce each letter of the alphabet — and have fun! Start with a few simple physical movements like airplanes flying, babies crying, cats meowing, or dinosaurs roaring. Add a tracing activity that provides opportunities for learning to write the letter. Then be creative with an art activity like elephant stick puppets, ladybug rocks, owl wind socks, star magnets, or zany zeroes. Make time for a picture wheel and/or a minibook each week. Spice it all up with a cooking project when you can. At the end of the year, kids will have made progress in phonemic awareness, fine and gross motor skills, reading, writing, following directions, social skills, creativity, art and dramatic play — all while learning their ABCs!Grade(s): PK – KPages: 208