Do You Read To Your (Child)ren?

I had always read to my son when he was little, hans christian anderson dr.seus anything that had to do with children's literature.

Yes I do. Reading is one of my passions. I enjoy reading so I read as much as I can to my kids. I want them to grow up with the same passion for reading that I have. My stepson hates reading. He has to for school and he complains all the time about it. So I don't want my kids to be that way. Reading is so relaxing and one of the best ways to learn.

I used to read to my children every night before bed. We would all have so much fun. We used finger puppets and in one book there was a frog on a lilypad which flew about and kept the kids in fits of laughter. I miss those times so instead we watch dvds together before bed so we still get to have our quality time. The one with the frog was called "Three O'clock in the Morning" another good one was "Catch that Fly".

I began reading to my daughter and telling her stories when she was just an infant. I am a huge reader so I wanted to make sure that she grew up loving reading also. When she was about 4 I even wrote a story for her that I personalized with her name and our address. We would read this togehter so she could leran our address. the story also helped her learn the basic colors. She loved that book. Over the years we have read many diferent types of books. She is 9 now and really loves the Magic Tree House books. When she was younger she was really into Dr Suess, in fact she still loves those. I try to make sure that she has a large variety of books. She has her own bookcase full of books and she reads a little every night. We even have some poetry books designed for children because I wanted her to appreciate poetry. I really think fostering a love of reading is one of the most important things a parent can do for their children.

My son is now six yrs old,when he was one and a half year,i began to tell stories to him before he went to sleep.Now he has learned some words and can spell almost all chinses words by pin yin. Telling stories for him is my routine at every night,sometimes i want him to read by himself for a few lines,then read for him. Yes,it is really pleasure time reading with kids.

My daughter is just turning 3 years old this June but she loves it when I read her books. As of now she loves the classic fairy tales of Snow White, Cinderella, and the likes. Of course since she cant read yet, I also bought her books which she can use by herself by just looking at the pictures. The simple ABC's. learn how to counts are just also her favorites! Maybe when she's older enough and can read books by herself, Ill buy her more.

I too ask my children about their favourates.Try to know something about thier interests and later get on. We share a lot of things,when my daughter says she like backcurrent icecream flavour I too say that I am alsoa gr8 fan of it though I do not like it.I just want to make her happy by this.......

I am an avid reader so I make sure that I read to my toddler and am just so lucky she enjoys it. I began reading her since she was a baby, starting with "Goodnight Moon" until she talks and wanted to read the story by herself (which she just memorized). We moved into Sesame Street, Disney, any picture books. Now she is 3, she is into the Disney Princesses and Barbie books. I am expecting so what I read to her now every night is, "A Room In My Heart" for the expectant Mom and older siblings. This is quite nice because she grasp the conceot that soon, there will be a new baby coming in the house, but she will always have that special room in my heart that nobody can replace. She loves this book.

I'm trying to recall just ONE favorite. I used to love this one called "It Will All Come Out in the Wash" and my sister loved "My Dolly" ah memories! I would defently read to my kids when I have any. My mom read to me a lot growing up all the time. I began to read at 4 yrs, I made it to G.A.T.E. program for smart kids in the 2nd-7th grade. So I believe reading at a young age made me smarter and helped me read sooner and LOVE reading even now. So defently read to your kids. You never what the affects it will have on them for the future! :))

I am about to go up and read to my daughter in a few minutes, she is picking out a book. I would have to say my favorite is Robert Munch's love you forever, that book makes me teary.

Yes, we read all of the time. We read a book about teddy bears everynight before bed. She loves it :)

when i was a child ,my parent never read a book with me .my father always let me to ask his books (they are all famous writings), i cant understand what they say,but my father still ask me to read them.so now i dont like to read books ,if it is not necessary.when i'm a mom, i will read a book with my child.it is sad to read some books by yourself .

yes when ever i have time i read them stories but they prefer to watch tom and jerry

Yes I read to my daughter every night. I do this for several reasons. (1) My daughter loves books (2) I enjoy spending the time reading to her (3) It's important for their development

I love to read and I always read to my child- She is 10 now and I sometimes still read to her- We take turns in her books.. She will read one page to me and then I read the next to her. It's fun and it gets her reading- Reading is a major key to your childs success. She loved the Little house on the Prarie books & anything Pooh & Tigger... Now she reads American Girl, and lots of other series.

I've read to my daughter since she was an infant and I believe that's why she has taken an interest in books early in life. She's now 5 years old and can read all on her own. But she still wants me to read to her at bedtime and sometimes insist that we read her book together. She loves princess stories and has a lot of books on Disney Princesses. I remember buying a lot of books when she was barely a year old when during a bookstore sale. I'm glad that I've passed on to her the love for reading which my dad also passed on to me when I was young. He is a voracious reader and I'm only thankful that he taught me the importance of being well read. I believe that the bonding experience being brought about by both 'reading to' and 'reading with' our children is priceless, and that gives them fond memories to cherish for a long time. I highly recommend and encourage all parents to do it because it's well worth it. :)

I try to read to my son. He is almost four and has autism so it is often hard to get him to sit while I read... I must say, he loves Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault. He also likes to watch the Dr Seuss stories on video that we have! I am proud tosay that I have often caught him looking through his books on his own in his room as we have many for him to choose from. I love to read and am a firm believer in fostering this in our children...Wish me luck! :) Thanks for the thread someonesmom!

I read to my son everyday and we both absolutely love it. I wouldn't miss that special time of day for the world. My son sees my husband and I read a lot and as a result we catch him pretending to read very often. I think I am raising a reader and I am very happy about that.

I read to my son when I am available to, most of the time before he goes to bed. His favorite books are ones with curious george in it, he also loves the ones that have zoo animals in them. I love reading to him, because its fun to make the voices. Reading to your children is good for them because they learn how to talk by listening to you, its really nice.

I most like reading am Japan's writers spring spring tree's book.Has "Norway's Forest"also to have "Seashore Kafka".