| Did you know that teaching toddlers to read can be | | | | better chance of success. When they begin school |
| fun and easy? It is possible to teach children to read | | | | they will already be ahead of the class, instead of |
| even when they are as young as 3 months old. | | | | desperately trying to catch up. Because reading is the |
| Actually, the younger you begin to teach your child the | | | | foundation of a person's education, the sooner they |
| easier it will be for them to learn. A child's mind is like a | | | | learn the more able they are to tackle other subjects. It |
| sponge from birth to roughly 5 years old. This is | | | | can be fun and easy to do as well, when you use the |
| because during this time their brains are rapidly | | | | proper materials. Thankfully, the market is filled with |
| developing and as a result they are able to learn at | | | | products that can help you to teach your child to read |
| lightning speeds. | | | | at a young age. |
| Teaching toddlers to read isn't difficult or time | | | | Besides the fact that teaching toddlers to read will help |
| consuming; at least once you have done a little bit of | | | | them to become smarter and more successful, it will |
| studying to learn the best techniques. The most | | | | also strengthen the bond that the two of you share. |
| common method used is the whole word method, also | | | | The time you spend together learning will improve your |
| known as sight reading. Glenn Doman, co-author of | | | | relationship and make you very close. Your child will |
| How To Teach Your Baby to Read, introduced this | | | | also look back fondly at the time you spent together. |
| method back in 1960. Since then thousands of babies | | | | While any time you spend together is golden, it is more |
| have learned to read at a very young age and | | | | productive when you are helping your child learn and |
| improved their education as a whole. The whole word | | | | grow stronger as a person. |
| system of learning to read relies on teaching children to | | | | Because of the fact that a child's brain is rapidly |
| read whole words. After seeing many words, most | | | | developing from birth to 5 years old there is no better |
| children naturally learn the rules of phonics on their own | | | | time than the present to begin teaching them to read. |
| without further phonetic instruction. | | | | In fact, with every day that passes it will only become |
| By teaching toddlers to read you are providing them | | | | more difficult for them. Make sure that you do not miss |
| with a head start in life that will give them a much | | | | this rare window of opportunity in your toddler's life. |