1. Predicting Language

Try to read the same book to your child, again and again. You might find it predictable and boring for you, but your child will never get tired of it. Instead, they love reading their favourite books, being repeated over and over again.

Besides fun, reading the same book has several advantages. For starters, it helps your child in predicting language. Second, when kids are familiar with what will happen next in the story, you can ask them to fill in the blanks, which will help them recognise and understand more words. And last, your child will help you read the book while looking at words and guessing them.

2. Recognise Words

Reading different books increases the number of words your child understands and uses. You can help them understand verbs by pointing to the pictures in the book and telling them what action the characters are doing.

Even reading picture books will help your child memorise and recognise words that are being used.

3. Understand Meaning of Words

Reading exposes your child to thousands of unfamiliar words. When they come across those words, they will be curious about what the words mean, so highlight them and keep a dictionary handy. Use it when your child asks the meaning of any word they won’t understand.

When your child understands the meaning of words, they are more likely to use them daily, expanding their vocabulary.

4. Know Sounds

When kids read books, they understand phonetics and get an idea of how to use words in different manners. This enhances their literary skills and improves their vocabulary knowledge.

5. Proper Grammar

As parents, you often communicate with your child in baby babbles or speak in broken words. Although this might sound cute, you indirectly teach your child that this is the correct way to communicate. Avoid doing this and encourage the habit of reading.

With reading, your child will get a practice of learning the proper grammar and using the correct sequence of words to form a proper sentence.