Listening skills - Brain development

Listening skills is need for school. Reading to your infant/toddler is a great way to help her to develop listening skills. You should sit the baby on your lab when you are reading to her. This allows you both to spend quality time . As your baby gets a little older she will begin to notice pictures in the book and you will be naming them . This is how you begin to build her vocabulary. She is not able to speak but  you are developing the Broca's area of the brain ,responsible for the production of spoken word and written language . You are also teaching your baby how to focus or we call it paying attention. Many children get to school and are not able to focus  they  usually get referred for  attention deficit disorder(ADD). These children are label as being developmentally delay . Some of this can be avoided by reading to your infant/toddler daily. The different parts of the  brain works together that is why it is very important that you provide different experiences for your baby.