The library program shows the advantages of introducing books for small children

Sioux City (Kiv) – In a kindergarten classroom at Riverside Elementary in Sioux City, the students practice visual words, but reading the reading begins long before kindergarten.

“Studies state that parents who regularly read their children come to school with at least 300,000 more words than children who do not get this daily reading with their parents,” said Niki Margeas, an animal -1 coordinator for Sioux City Public Schools.

Getting a book is a popular pastime for many Americans and this love for reading begins at a young age. Reading a child, even if it cannot read itself, has more advantages than you may think. Reading a child helps to expand his vocabulary.

“As soon as children start reading, they have to understand the words they read,” said Margeas. “We have to start building this foundation shortly after birth. Children are exposed to many concepts, topics and vocabulary. A variety of vocabulary words and topics that we would normally not talk about in our daily conversations, and we have to build it up.”

“You hear the words you say,” said Adrienne Dunn, manager for youth services at the Sioux City Public Library. “You hear the vocabulary and by reading books you will hear new vocabulary words.”

Books also offer the opportunity to tackle new and difficult topics in a way that is appropriate for age.

“We can insert difficult topics into words that have been well thought out and curated,” said Dunn about the use of children's books to use sensitive or new topics with young children. “If it is a difficult topic, it is sometimes difficult to know exactly what to say.

Reading a book not only benefits the growth of the child, but also their relationship with those who are closest to them.

“They watered it,” said Margeas. “You take everything, and when we read this child, create this emotional bond that positively influences reading and, as you know, solve motivation and love for books.”

“It makes them excitedly learning and having stories and expanding their big brain,” said Dunn. “So I like to say that it is so. Only every story you read only helps your brain to learn more and be curious about the world in which we are in ourselves.”

Studies show that children who read 1000 books before they meet kindergarten are ahead of their colleagues who do not.

“Children who have 1000 books read to them before they reached kindergarten have a much higher success rate in the Abitur,” said Dunn, “whom they did not believe that it would have this long -term effect. But their trust really sets them when they go into kindergarten.”

Only one book a day is 365 books a year, which means that children at the age of three could reach 1,075 books.

“Even if you don't meet the thousands, it will help you to grow safely, if you don't read your children every day, help you feel more confident,” said Dunn.

But as Margeas and Dunn say, in the long run it is not about the number of books, but about introducing children into new concepts, words and the world of imagination.

“They take it. They take everything, and when we read this child, they create this emotional bond, which gives reading reading positively and, as they know, have motivation and love for books,” said Margeas.

“We are so busy, we go places, we are on technology,” said Dunn. “If you have this story and you simply sit on your lap and have this connection time, only talk to you. This individual time is so bundling for the youth.”

The Sioux City Public Library has a program with which children can read 1000 books in front of the kindergarten, with prices and awards for 200 books each. Here you can find out more about the program of the library.

Here you will find more about the advantages of 1,000 books in front of kindergarten.

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