Diving into the world of books!
Read with your baby or child every day if you can; this is a special time and can help them get to sleep. Babies love hearing you read even if they don’t understand the story!
As your child grows, they might develop favourite books which they want to hear again and again. Repetition is great for helping them to learn words and understand rhymes but offer new books too.
Top tips:
- Share a variety of different styles: Fiction and non-fiction, poetry and rhyme books
- Read in ‘real life’: you could read aloud a menu in a restaurant, signs in supermarkets, or information in a museum to let your child see how useful and important reading is
- Keep costs down: borrow books from libraries and childcares settings, and buy second-hand books from charity shops and boot sales
