Read Aloud to children of any age
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Do you know, what is the easiest way to improve your child's chances at school and his ability to entertain himself for hours?
Reading.
It has been found that children who are read aloud to by parents get a head start in language and literacy skills and go to school better prepared. Language in books is very rich. A child who hears more sophisticated words has a giant advantage over a child who hasn’t heard those words. What happens during the first few years sets the stage for the rest of a child's life.
And reading aloud to him since young age will help him get a head start and strengthen the bonds between him and you.
Take time to read aloud, in an engaging manner, to your child and see the magic work.
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2nd Connect on Reading
9 years ago, when I’d overcome the initial challenges of being a first time mother and my baby girl had stabilized a bit into what looked then like a routine, I started reading and writing again. At times, I would read with my baby sleeping in my lap. At other times I read aloud whatever I was reading to my 7 month old baby – Ayn Rand, What to Expect, Journals, newspaper, product package, bank statements – in exchange of her sweet smiles and coos. Soon we moved onto the soft cloth baby books with farm animals and sensory experiences, then thick ‘no-fear-of-tear’ toddler board books, simple picture books, elaborate picture books. Then she caught on to read on your owns at preschool, simple chapter books, elaborate chapter books and now practically any book. Although, we largely on our own reading journeys, our reading does occasionally cross paths to talk about what we are reading, ask questions, and to read aloud to each other.
So when Singapore celebrated National Day of Reading on July 30, I had a pleasant trip down the memory lane while discussing with other parents at our 2nd Connect for Parents at Choa Chu Kang Library on the topic – Bond over Books.
Parents shared their
- Curious observations by parents – boys and girls differ in their attention spans while reading and in their interest for books, boys tend to prefer more non-fiction reading while girls tend to like fiction more. Teenage boys don’t prefer reading female authors (J K Rowling is an obvious exception).
- experiences – taking kids to libraries and letting them explore books on their own, bed-time reading ritual, reading aloud to even older children and teenagers.
- Other – given a choice, young children will pick a digital device to a book for it is more engaging and attractive – but this could be more distracting and does not help developing child’s imagination and visualizing abilities.
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Save the date for our next Connect
Friday September 29
from 11am to 1 pm
at Choa Chu Kang Library
Topic: Ka Ching! Talking Money with Kids
Whether we like or not, accept or not, this is the fact of the new age - Money does make the world go round. And it 'Money' is often an ignored topic or even a taboo in family discussions.
Have your kids ever asked you - Are we rich or poor or middle class? What does being rich mean? Where does money come from? Can we ever run out of money? Who needs money, we have cards? Parents, share your money moments that stumped you, were hilarious, disastrous or surprised you. Join other parents with your stories, strategies and concerns. Lets be prepared for the tricky, icky questions from our kids related to money so that we can give them a clearer picture not confuse them further or worse taint their vision of the world with a lame response.
Moderated by Financial Literacy Expert and Editor of Parents eZine AIM, Swapna Mirashi this session is the third of bi-monthly meetings - Parents Connect!
RSVP here
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Read AIM Issue # 2
If you haven’t yet read this stunning issue of eZine AIM for Parents on Pocket Money, don’t miss it. Read NOW. Discover more on how you can help your child form sensible money habits from young age through pocket money and measured money messages.
Read here
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Call for submission – Pitch for ReAd (2 min Read Aloud Videos for Kids)
We are taking up a new project –
to create a treasure trove of recommended readings for children…
in the form of exciting ‘2-min read aloud videos’,
to introduce them to the magical world of reading and continued reading.
And for this we need YOUR help!
We need your help to advertise reading to children, big and small.
To Submit Your ‘ReAd’ Pitch
- Simply grab a book you think is the most wonderful book for children to read. It can be in any language, genre or type as long as it is for children 0-16years.
- Now pick the most amazing scene, poem, story, episode, page etc from the book or the whole book* – anything that’d fit a 2-min video.
- Send us a brief write up on your selection – the title and author/s of the book, your selection from the book to read aloud, who do you think will like it (age group, personality type) and why you think this is the most wonderful book (if you have any special memory about the book, we would love to read about that too).
- Email it to us (contact@kaleidoscopetd.com) with your name and a little bit about yourself - we don’t want your CV, would simply love to know you, your passion, hobbies, your association (if any) with children, arts of any kind and reading.
- Give us 2 weeks to reply with further details or queries.
- You may pitch for more than one book ReAd.
- We welcome submissions all through the month of August 2017.
Last date for submission of your ReAd pitch – 31 August 2017.
*Please ensure that your proposed work does not violate any copyright laws
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