PARENTAL INFLUENCE (PART 1)

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents – Emilie Buchwald

Parents play a huge role in influencing children. As we all know, parents are the first teachers children come in contact with. Emilie Buchwald believes that children are made readers on the laps of their parents. There is no hard and fast rule to it. Research has been able to prove that children’s cognitive, mental, oratory and social skills develop faster when they hear their parents reading, talking, and singing to them even from as early as one month old. Reading to children is very powerful and one cannot overemphasize it.

In addition, children who are familiar with books, writing materials and being read to prior to starting school have a higher chance of performing better than other peers who are just encountering reading and writing in school for the first time. This could be frustrating for teachers because they have to deal with children with different developmental levels and it could be frustrating for parents too because some of them compare their children with other children who might have been exposed to literacy skills prior to the time they started school.

Why not give your child a better chance at succeeding in life by exposing them to reading early. Do you think it’s already too late because your child is already in primary or secondary school? We believe it’s not. Start today!