Development
Shared Reading
23/12/14 09:00 Filed in: Reading
Parent and Child Shared Reading
You can use books to facilitate a child’s ability to learn language. Sharing a book is an ideal time for having a conversation with your child and can help you to facilitate language development because:
- Looking at books develops concentration and attention span
- Parents can use modelling, repeating and imitating to help elicit language
- Repetition is a natural part of reading books
- A favourite, familiar book reinforces already learned language
Here are three ways you can help make reading a language-learning experience for your child!
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