Reading with a daughter is one of the most memorable and meaningful ways to nurture your relationship with her. There are many parent resources and book reviews to help with the selection of empowering books for preschool girls. These are available from many different sources, including online stores. The genres include not only fiction but biographical and informative literature too.
The great bonding experience of reading together has other advantages too. This is an age at which children are like absorbent little sponges and this offers the opportunity of opening them up to a world of new possibilities. The beautiful illustrations and exciting stories help to expand their horizons and encourage their creativity.
A main character in a book can have a great influence on a young daughter. A small girl can often identify with a young girl character who is smart and courageous, solving problems and being triumphant in the face of difficulties. This helps to encourage this mindset. The beloved classical tales quite often reflect stereotypical roles for males and females and this is why it is important to read current stories as well in which the girl characters are strong and courageous.
Social issues like gender, self image, tolerance and bullying are often easier to address through reading a story than by trying to preach about them. These issues are relevant from a very early age and reading stories where they are addressed in an entertaining, fun manner can result in learning of valuable lessons taking place in as natural a way as possible.
It is up to you to do more than just read the story. Stimulate discussion by asking your daughter what she thought about the main character. Did she like her or dislike her and why? You can help your daughter to relate the incidents in the stories to real events in her own life. For example, when a little girl in a story shows great bravery in the face of a daunting situation, you can help your daughter to identify with what it feels like to be brave and unafraid in her own life situations.
It helps a child a great deal to be well prepared before going to school. Reading definitely helps to do this as every area of development, from emotions and relationships to building vocabulary can be addressed. Relationship issues like bullying and shyness are just two issues that are evident even in young children. Reading stories where characters address these issues can help.
Research has revealed that children who have been read to before going to school, cope more easily with the transition. They are already familiar with stories and their vocabulary is usually far better than those who have not been exposed to books from an early age. They take to reading more easily than children who are unfamiliar with books.
The resources available to parents today to stimulate early childhood development are virtually unlimited and access to the internet has made this possible. For example, it is simple for a parent to find out what stories have inspired other children of a preschool age. Reading reviews online is an easy way of doing this. In this way, a lifelong love of books can be created in a child that opens many doors.
The great bonding experience of reading together has other advantages too. This is an age at which children are like absorbent little sponges and this offers the opportunity of opening them up to a world of new possibilities. The beautiful illustrations and exciting stories help to expand their horizons and encourage their creativity.
A main character in a book can have a great influence on a young daughter. A small girl can often identify with a young girl character who is smart and courageous, solving problems and being triumphant in the face of difficulties. This helps to encourage this mindset. The beloved classical tales quite often reflect stereotypical roles for males and females and this is why it is important to read current stories as well in which the girl characters are strong and courageous.
Social issues like gender, self image, tolerance and bullying are often easier to address through reading a story than by trying to preach about them. These issues are relevant from a very early age and reading stories where they are addressed in an entertaining, fun manner can result in learning of valuable lessons taking place in as natural a way as possible.
It is up to you to do more than just read the story. Stimulate discussion by asking your daughter what she thought about the main character. Did she like her or dislike her and why? You can help your daughter to relate the incidents in the stories to real events in her own life. For example, when a little girl in a story shows great bravery in the face of a daunting situation, you can help your daughter to identify with what it feels like to be brave and unafraid in her own life situations.
It helps a child a great deal to be well prepared before going to school. Reading definitely helps to do this as every area of development, from emotions and relationships to building vocabulary can be addressed. Relationship issues like bullying and shyness are just two issues that are evident even in young children. Reading stories where characters address these issues can help.
Research has revealed that children who have been read to before going to school, cope more easily with the transition. They are already familiar with stories and their vocabulary is usually far better than those who have not been exposed to books from an early age. They take to reading more easily than children who are unfamiliar with books.
The resources available to parents today to stimulate early childhood development are virtually unlimited and access to the internet has made this possible. For example, it is simple for a parent to find out what stories have inspired other children of a preschool age. Reading reviews online is an easy way of doing this. In this way, a lifelong love of books can be created in a child that opens many doors.
