National Reading Awareness Month

4 Books to Enjoy With Your Little Ones During National Reading Awareness Month
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Reading with your kiddos is something really special, and a great opportunity to help your child learn and grow. Books ignite imagination and spark curiosity, and reading together as a family nurtures a lifelong love of reading. Since March is National Reading Awareness month, we wanted to share some of our favorite books with you to enjoy with your little ones during this month and beyond. We hope these stories bring as much happiness to you and your child as they do to us, and help create precious memories that will last a lifetime.

Where’s Spot?: This first book is wonderful, and presents fantastic opportunities for playful interaction. Your child will learn all about different animals that are hiding on each page, which gives you the chance to teach them about the different sounds each animal makes. Another great thing about this book is that it is predictable, which helps kids anticipate what’s coming next and learn the routine of the book.

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: This next book is one that you’ll definitely want to add to your collection. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? is one of our go-to books for encouraging imitation of non-speech sounds, which is excellent for language building. This book also will help your child learn more about rhyming, and the noises that specific bugs, animals, and objects make. Don’t be afraid to get silly and make the sounds out loud together!

Little Blue Truck: Little Blue Truck is an absolutely adorable book that we just know you and your child will enjoy reading together. The illustrations are so fun to look at, and this book allows you to be very playful. You’ll come to find that the lines are catchy, and the animal sounds will stick in your head for a long time. Little Blue Truck also teaches your kiddos about the power of kindness and to always help those in need of a helping hand.

All Better!: The last book to make our list is All Better! by Henning Löhlein. This book is very unique, as it allows your child to help take care of the animals shown using the restickable bandages that are included. There are 5 different animals that you will encounter, with each having a boo-boo that needs to be fixed. While reading, your little one can place the bandage on the animal to make them feel all better!

Follow us on our social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest) throughout March for more books that you can read with your kiddos! Additionally, please don’t hesitate to contact us at any time to discuss if your child would benefit from pediatric therapy. Our team is here to support you and your child in any way we can.

4 Tips For Reading With Your Little Ones During National Reading Awareness Month
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Reading is essential to learning and growing and opens up a world of imagination. Taking time to read with your child is a great way to spend quality moments together and helps your child fall in love with books. In this blog, we will be sharing 4 tips for reading with your little one in honor of National Reading Awareness Month. We hope these tips will help make reading fun and engaging for your child while also helping them develop essential skills that will benefit them for years to come. 

1. Start Slow: When you first start to read with your child, you do not need to read the book word for word. Instead, begin by flipping through a few pages and see how your child’s tolerance is. You can do this by starting with just a few minutes of reading at night and then working up to 10-15 minutes. It’s important to understand that kids have limited patience and can only handle so much reading at a time.

2. Tell the Story Using Pictures: Young children may have a tough time following along with the story in the book you’re reading. To help with this, try to tell the story the picture is sharing. For example, you could point to the picture on the page and describe it by saying things such as, “Uh oh, he looks like he’s hurt, and his mommy is going to give him a kiss on his owie to feel better.”

3. Choose Books With Animals: There are many great children’s books out there, and it can be challenging to decide which books to get for your kiddos. But some of our favorite types of books to purchase are books that contain animals. When you read animal-based books to your children, they can work on identifying and making the sounds of each animal. One book we love is the Touch and Feel Farm Animals book, which contains cute animals and multiple textures for your child to touch.

4. Have Your Kids Point Out Things On the Page: One easy way to get your child involved during story time is to ask your little one to point out things on the page. For example, you can ask your child, “Where is the ball?” let them point, then model back to them by saying, “Ball.” You can also have your child identify shapes and colors and count objects on the page. The possibilities are endless!

Happy National Reading Awareness Month! Follow us on our social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest) all month for more reading tips, books we love, and more! Additionally, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime to discuss if your child would benefit from pediatric therapy. Our team is here to support you and your child in any way we can.

Our Favorite Books to Read With Your Kiddos During National Reading Awareness Month
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National Reading Awareness Month is celebrated throughout March and helps families understand the importance of reading to their children consistently. To get the celebration started this year, our team of therapists carefully selected some fantastic books you can read with your little ones during National Reading Awareness Month and beyond. These books have fun illustrations and meaningful messages and will also help your kiddos work on their therapeutic skills in the process. Enjoy!

Where is Baby’s Belly Button: As you and your child read this adorable book, your little one will need to use their fine motor skills to lift the flaps and identify specific body parts. After reading each page,  you can then ask your child to point to their own body parts. For example, the book may ask, “where’s the baby’s nose?” Once your child lifts the flap and points to the baby’s nose, you can then ask them to point to their own nose!

First 100 Words: First 100 Words is actually a book that contains no words (only images), which helps caregivers use simple language and sounds when engaging with the book. As your child gets a little older, you can begin to talk about the actions that the pictures in the book perform, so that your child is exposed to verbs and can expand their vocabulary.

Peek-a-Who?: We just know that your little one is going to love Peek-a-Who. While reading this fun and interactive book, your child will have to guess what object or character is hiding under the flaps while learning simple rhyming words in the process. One other great thing about this book is that it’s predictable, which helps kids anticipate and learn the routine of the book. 

Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions: This is the perfect book to help your little one start learning and understanding expressions and emotions. While reading the book together, you can teach your child emotion words while practicing those words with emotions. For example, being silly and naming it silly, being sad and naming it sad, being sleepy and naming it sleepy, etc. This is a simple way to emphasize early social-emotional skills.

Keep an eye on our social media (Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest) all month long as we share more books we love. Additionally, if you would like to discuss if your child could benefit from pediatric therapy, please don’t hesitate to contact our team. We are here to support your family and child in any way we can.

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