5 benefits of books for kids you might not have thought of.
Parents who read to their children see the kid reap the benefits.
Yes they have bigger vocabularies but they also read more, write more, are more curious, and become better students.
But more than that, children also gain some incredible intangible bnenefits.
The benefits can be enhanced when children start reading themselves as well as when others read books to them.
Heather Gilmore, writing in On PsychCentral, offers these 5 additional benefits
5 BENEFITS OF BOOKS
FOR KIDS
1. Improves kids’ ability to manage potentially stressful life events
2. Increases “feelings recognition
and management”
As children develop, they learn about emotions (their own and other people’s). In
3. Enhances relationships
4. Calms and strengthens the mind
5. Improves self-confidence
There are more benefits of books for kids too.
Children need to read and parents need to read to them.
The advantages are clear.
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