Today was rough. I woke up late, spilled coffee all over my brand new shirt, and stumbled upon one of my favorite shoes torn to shreds by my dog. Just when I thought that my day couldn't get any worse, I realized that I forgot to apply deodorant this morning. All in all today was not one of my good ones. I needed some Kayden time more than ever. I picked him up from daycare and we went straight to the library to have some relaxing reading time together. I told him to go pick out any book he wanted to. I sat at the small reading tables in the kid section and waited. He quickly chose three books and eagerly brought them to me. His favorite one was a book about farm animals. He could recognize every animal and what sound they make. It makes me so proud to know how advanced my son is for his age and actually get to experience his intelligence first hand instead of his teachers telling me. We then moved on from the noises the animals make and started to state the colors of each one. I never knew that we could have such a great time at someplace as simple as the library. I try to read to Kayden as much as I can but have decided to read at least one book everyday with him. Not one time did I think about the awful day I was having prior to that.
The importance of reading to your kids at a young age is mind-blowing. I have researched multiple statistics of reading to children at a young age and the benefits of it, and the results were actually quite shocking. Based on the research by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the website Homework Help Secrets indicates, “Reading is the single most important skill necessary for a happy, productive and successful life. A child that is an excellent reader is a confident child, has a high level of self esteem and is able to easily make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn."
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I want nothing but the absolute best for Kayden so I'm going to encourage reading time with him. This will benefit him in the long run and also creates quality time for the both of us. I love discovering new ways that we can bond while stimulating my toddlers brain.
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