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 …read more

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“But Dad, you skipped some of the story,” Beth admonished Jim, as they sat on the couch where he read to her while I got supper on the table.
Is this a familiar refrain in your home?  Your children want a story over and over.  If you try to leave out any words or phrases, or skip a page, they remind you immediately.  Sometimes you wonder why you’re doing this.
However, if they become readers themselves and develop a love of books and story, your time spent is very worthwhile.  Beth became an avid reader and still is as an adult.  She’s …read more