One of the biggest impacts a dad can have on their child's literacy development is by reading to and with their child. Reading together will help you child become and remain a life long reader. Studies show that boys who are read to “by their fathers scored significantly higher in reading achievement, and when fathers read for pleasure, their sons read more and scored higher than did boys whose fathers did little or no recreational reading” (Trelease xxiv). However, possibly the most important reason for dads to read out loud to their children is the positive bond that they’ll create as they spend quality time together.
Benefits:
1. Nurtures imagination and self-confidence.2. Greatly improves your child's vocabulary.
3. Builds "background knowledge"- develops a basic understanding of the world around your child.
4. Helps to develop the concept of basic story structure - beginning, middle, end, plot, characters.
5. This child-centered activity encourages warm and positive interaction between parents and children (U.S. Department of Education, 1999).
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