Reading is a crucial skill in the contemporary world, and it is hard to imagine our lives without it. Even though some children get very discouraged during this process, it’s extremely important that you teach your kid to read. With our four tips you will be able to make sure that your children learn painlessly and successfully how to decode the written word!

1. Help them do it!

If you want to really help your child learn to read well, you need to start teaching them very early – in fact during the infancy. That doesn’t mean you need to be following those programs that claim to help your baby read using flashcards. All I am doing is encouraging you to start teaching your child to bond with books as soon as he or she is able to pronounce letter “m” for “mom” or letter “b” for “book” whichever comes first! Read to them, read with them, help them read!

2. Engage your kid with words

When instilling your child with reading skills at a young age, you need to expose him or her to language more and more often. This will make their reading much easier with time. Start enriching your child’s vocabulary from a very tender age. The richer his or her vocabulary is, the more confident your kid will feel about reading. You can do this through talking, singing, counting, playing; any way that you can use to engage your child with words.

3. Which books are most appropriate for my kids?

The outcome of this choice will, of course, vary from parent to parent, but at such early age what matters most is developing your child’s cognitive and reading skills, so focus on that instead of their “current interests” or what you believes should be their future aspirations later in life. If you need some more reading material, drop by Target and don’t forget to take a Discountrue coupon for attractive discounts on a range of books and magazines. And as far as the selection goes, our suggestions are:

– Birth to one year: Lullabies, board books with real pictures, cloth books with a variety of textures and song books.

– One year to three years: Rhyming books, song books and short-story board books.

– Three to five years: Alphabet books, picture books, rhyming Books and song books.

4. Lead by example

Your kids may be fascinated with books, however, if they do not see this love for books being
reflected at home, their fascination may dwindle with time. Even if you and your spouse are not an avid reader by yourselves, strive to create time and space to do some reading so that your kids can follow your example. Whether it is a magazine, a novel, a cookbook or the Bible, read something and let them learn from you first!

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