1,000 books before kindergarten & Toy Story 3
Have I mentioned before how beneficial it is to read books to your child? Oh wait, I have here and here . Unlike talking to your baby , I haven't directly addressed it. Reading is so important. In fact, I think that talking to your baby and reading to your baby are the most critical key components to language development and literacy skills. The theory is that children who have read 1,000 books by kindergarten are better equipped for school both academically and socially. The above mentioned article states that even if begin reading aloud to your child at birth, they will have read 1,825 books (if you read only 1 books a night) by kindergarten. Also, even if you don't start reading at birth, which I didn't, in 3 years you can read 1,095. Or in 2 years, if you read 10 books a week, you can still manage to read 1,040 books! Let me just say, I have plenty of mommy guilt about not reading aloud to Ayla during that first long, sleepless year, bu...