Reading With Your Infant
Reading together when babies are as young as 4 months old increases the chances that parents continue reading to babies as they get older. Beginning early is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s brain even before he can talk! The more words your baby hears over time, the more words he learns. You can start offering board books with simple stories. Stories with rhymes and phrases that repeat also catch your infant’s attention. They also love stories with pictures of other babies and familiar objects, such as animals.
Here are top 5 recommended stories for infants :
- I Kissed the Baby, by Mary Murphy.
- Moo Baa La La La!, by Sandra Boynton.
- Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd.
- Pat the Zoo, by LV Studio.
- Guess How Much I Love You?, by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram