Time spent snuggling while reading aloud is a gift that grows within the child.
Consider less time holiday shopping and more time holiday nurturing.
This linking of family love with love of learning perpetuates for generations.
I wholeheartedly agree with this post from Magellan Montessori. A young child who listens to fluent, heartfelt reading aloud imitates
it. That child is gaining an
advantage that will serve a lifetime.
We all need others to listen to our ideas, feelings, dreams. Yet if we deliver them without emotion
or intention, they often fall on deaf ears. Each of us who cares about children must make a personal
effort to expose them to dramatic and persuasive reading, then encourage them
to 'ham it up' themselves. They will have fun and build essential life skills.
