u003cpu003eu003ca href=u0022https://pcaaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AdobeStock_82870001-e1460326008616.jpegu0022 rel=u0022attachment wp-att-5712u0022u003eu003cimg class=u0022size-medium wp-image-5712 alignleftu0022 src=u0022https://pcaaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AdobeStock_82870001.jpegu0022 alt=u0022Closeup of Mother and daughter spending time togetheru0022 width=u0022300u0022 height=u0022225u0022 /u003eu003c/au003eAuthor: Mary Warren PhD, IMH-E® (IV-P)u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eReading to your child is building her brain! New research provides convincing evidence that holding your child in your lap, or next to you, while reading a book is both helping your child’s brain to expand the area responsible for integrating sound and pictures, but also provides more vocabulary words and grammar than just speech. When children listen to a story, they begin to see in their mind’s eye the pictures the words are telling them. This will help them as they transition to books without pictures when they get into elementary school.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eThe language used in books is frequently richer, using different words and grammar than the language we use to talk to our children. More vocabulary words and correct grammar will help them in school too.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eSo cuddle up and read to your child. Encourage your child to make up a different ending to the story. Or just read that same book for the 100u003csupu003ethu003c/supu003e time!u003c/pu003eu003cpu003ePediatrics, August 5, 2015, u003ca href=u0022http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/08/05/peds.2015-0359.abstract?sid=5b1e0b71-9369-4d5e-923b-8a304e346b35u0022u003ehttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/08/05/peds.2015-0359.abstract?sid=5b1e0b71-9369-4d5e-923b-8a304e346b35u003c/au003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eNYTimes, August 17, 2015 u003ca href=u0022http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/08/17/bedtime-stories-for-young-brains/?_r=0u0026amp;referrer=u0026amp;can_id=a17b5b596134ff6e0628c222abc8491bu0026amp;source=email-news-from-aft-early-childhood-educators-3u0026amp;email_referrer=news-from-aft-early-childhood-educators-3u0022u003ehttp://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/08/17/bedtime-stories-for-young-brains/?_r=0u0026amp;referrer=u0026amp;can_id=a17b5b596134ff6e0628c222abc8491bu0026amp;source=email-news-from-aft-early-childhood-educators-3u0026amp;email_referrer=news-from-aft-early-childhood-educators-3u003c/au003eu003c/pu003e
