7 Reasons To Read To Your Kids

Reading out loud shouldn’t stop when your kids start school

While we tend to read to our kids when they’re little, there are plenty of benefits for reading out loud to our kids even after they’ve started school – and even into their teens. In a new book, 7 Steps to Get Your Child Reading, teacher and educational consultant Louise Park explains why you should keep reading aloud as long as possible.

THE BENEFITS OF READING OUT LOUD

1 For the sheer pleasure of it! It’s a fact, children of all ages love to be read to. In a recent survey, older children made themselves very clear on this, with 83 per cent of them stating that being read to was something they either loved or liked a lot.