Start Reading to Your Child Early

Patient Education| 2021 Start Reading to Your Child Early Connected Content Translation: Léale temprano a su niño: (Start Reading to Your Child Early) Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Start Reading to Your Child Early. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document382 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Subjects: Adolescents and School-aged Children, Newborns, Infants, and Toddlers Topics: birth, computers, heart, libraries, love, play behavior, preschool child, rhyme, singing, sound Play with your baby often. Talk, sing, and say rhymes. This helps your baby learn to talk.Talk with your baby, making eye contact. Give your baby time to answer in baby talk.Give your baby sturdy board books to look at. It's OK for a baby to chew on a book.Look at picture books with your baby and name things. Say “See the baby!” or “Look at the puppy!”Babies like board books with pictures of babies and everyday objects like balls and blocks.Snuggle with your baby on your lap and read aloud. Your baby may not understand the story, but will love the sound of your voice and being close to you.Don't let your child watch TV until age 2 or older. Read to your child every day. Let your child pick the book, even if it's...