WE READ - Literacy & Education for Life

Parents Corner

Reading to young children promotes language acquisition and correlates with literacy development and, later on, with achievement in reading comprehension and overall success in school and in life.

When you read daily to your child, you help your child develop passion for reading and learning, and the daily exposure to new ideas will pay off exponentially when your child reaches elementary school.

Research shows that a child's success later on in life is directly proportional to the number of hours spent reading with the child in the early years.

Here are some resources to help parents with this vital task :

Why you should read to your child daily:

It creates a passion for reading and learning.
It develops a child's knowledge base as well as imagination.
The thinking process is stimulated at a young age, thus preparing the mind for harder learning tasks later on in life.
Improves communication and comprehension skills.
Builds a rich vocabulary.
Creates a special bond between parent and child, which can serve as a foundation for a healthier relationship in later years.