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What kind of books do kids like to read?

It depends. How old is your child? What gets his attention?

Certain parts of books – like pictures, or phrasing, or storylines – appeal to distinct age groups.

Here is a breakdown of the various book parts and types of children’s books that kids react to at certain ages:

Newborn to 12 months… Children at this age react to solid, large books with big, bright pictures. Your baby’s vision is still evolving daily, so the images we see may be clearer than what he sees. Big pictures will stand out better and capture his attention. Children’s books with covered and protected photos are great with this age group.

Toddlers 12-24 months… Strong board books are really popular at this age. Your toddler will love to take ownership of his books and cart them around as he explores. Books with big pictures and few wording and that incorporate other babies and animals are great. At this age, children’s books with these characters will help him recognize and name objects and animals in his own environment.

Toddlers 2-3 years… Elementary storylines with a stimulating theme, like your son’s favorite TV figure, will make reading more exciting and fun. Books with nursery rhymes are wonderful tools for learning phonics and word relationships. Books that strengthen your son’s knowledge of the alphabet, animals, and shapes will correspondingly strengthen his learning process. Bedtime stories and children’s books that demonstrate a lesson about conduct, potty training, and sharing are critical at this age.

Preschoolers to teens… Of course your preschooler doesn’t know how to read yet, but by this time your son should delight in learning new stories and hearing others read books. He relishes looking at books by himself and is capable of reciting parts of the stories just by looking at the pictures on the pages. The older he becomes, the more important it is to make books accessible that are suitable for his reading level. When he becomes a teenager, your son should be able to read novels that include his interests without having very many pictures to entertain him.

Reading is so basic to our daily lives, that we just take it for granted. But, it’s unimaginably difficult to get by without it.

Involve reading in your family’s values, and it will get the value it deserves. And your children are definitely worth it!

So, make time to read books to your kids… you’ll end up with your kids reading books on their own!

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