Reading to your infant is very important. It teachers a number of skills here are a few of them:
Listening skills
Language development
vocabulary
focusing skills
Develops fine motor skills (the eye and finger muscles)
The ability to turn the pages from right to left
Picture reading
Introduction to words
Respect for books
Introduction to literacy
Multi-culture
You should have a variety of books for your infant/toddler as each book has different information and pictures.
When you provide a variety of books it helps to build your infant/toddler cognitive skills and you are also preparing your infant/toddler for reading. This is called reading/readiness skills.
Sharing information and advice on the most critical time... The first 2000 Days. What are some things you can look out for and some activities you can do with infants/toddlers to get them through the various developmental milestones before they get to school. Also I will share information for the caregivers from age appropriate books to setting up classrooms.
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