How much/often do you read to your children?

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Reading to your children is not an activity that should be saved just for bedtime nor just for very young children. This is something that should be done as often as possible and for as long as the child will allow you to. Reading to children has many benefits. To begin with, reading to your child is both an excellent way to bond and spend quality time with them. Of equal importance, studies prove that reading a child helps them to do better in school as well as most other areas of life. Reading to your child creates within them a life long love of reading. It also increases their vocabulary, their knowledge and is one of the easiest and best ways to fight illiteracy. Children whom are read to frequently as a child, often grow up to become avid readers. Avid readers, read, write and concentrate better. They also have an easier time processing new information, have many interests and do well in a wide variety of subjects, tend to be more flexible in their thinking and more open to new ideas and develop an ability to understand how other people think and feel. All this in turn, gives them a better chance at a successful and fulfilling adult life. The more and the longer you read to your child, the more they benefit.