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Read to Your Child Everyday!

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   * Reading aloud provides a positive reading role model.

    * Reading aloud creates a bond between the reader and the child.

    * Reading aloud improves the child's listening comprehension.

    * Reading aloud expands the child's attention span.

    * Reading aloud helps develop the child's language skills.

    * Reading aloud helps develop critical thinking skills and effective communication skills.

    * Reading aloud exposes the child to rich vocabulary.

    * Reading aloud exposes the child to good grammar.

    * Reading aloud stimulates the child's imagination, creativity and curiosity.

    * Reading aloud establishes the reading-writing connection.

    * Reading aloud provides the child with a lot of background knowledge. The more a child is read to now, the more he/she will learn for use in reading later.

    * Reading aloud nurtures the child's emotional development, raising his/her self esteem.

    * Reading aloud is FUN, providing the child with the pleasures of reading!