Reading Aloud to Children Before & After Birth
November 3, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Parenting
Reading to Children
We often hear about reading to children from infancy to encourage their enjoyment of stories. What about reading to children while they’re still in the womb?
Marcie has an interesting guest post at one of her other blogs…A Child Chosen. Her guest tells of being at the birth of the child they adopted and the baby recognizing her voice when she entered the nursery in A Domestic Birth, Overwhelmed With Joy.
Then the adoptive mother recalled:
It was then that I was reminded of his birth mother’s request, during her pregnancy, that we give her a CD recording of us reading children’s stories so she could play it to him while he was in her womb. She wanted him to get to know our voices. Apparently this effort made all the difference in the world!
Did you read to your children in the womb? Did they become accustomed to your voice and story time?
Are you ready for a womb story time?
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Hi Mary Emma,
While I didn’t read to my kids while they were in the womb I do think they recognised my & my hubby’s voice after they were born. Each of them turned their heads when either of us spoke. So, there’s something in it. I can’t see it causing any harm, either.