Brain Builders EDHI - Snuggle up and read!

 

Snuggle up this winter with books!

Many parents and caregivers think that children need to be able to sit, listen, and turn pages before sharing books with our youngest children. However even newborns benefit from having a caring adult share a book with them. 

Children feel a sense of security and safety when being held and enjoy hearing your voice and/or seeing your signs and facial expressions as you describe pictures or read a story. 

Don’t worry how attentive they are, just share books with your baby/toddler. As a baby becomes older they will begin to interact with the books by chewing on them and feeling textures on pages. They will eventually begin turning the pages and then label pictures and “retell stories” you have shared with them. At each age, sharing a book has a different way of impacting your child’s brain development. Most of all, enjoy cuddling up with your baby or toddler while introducing them to a love of books that will last their lifetime.

Reading aloud every day for at least 15 minutes to “feed your child’s brain” building vocabulary, growing preliteracy skills and developing social-emotional bonds. Learn more at ReadAloud.org.

Resources with tips and ideas:

• 15 Principles for Reading to Deaf Children
• FL3 Parent Tips Sheet: Early Literacy Development
• Growing Listening, Language, and Literacy Skills
• CDHHE IDEAL Parent Document Milestones

Join us Monday, January 24, 2022 @10:30am via Zoom for Stories, Signs, and Snacks!

To sign up for this event, please contact us at: cdhhe@isdh.in.gov

Save the dates for our upcoming virtual S3 events @10:30am:

• February 21, 2022
• March 21, 2022
• April 18, 2022
• May 23, 2022