Springing into Reading

Our boys love books, and this makes their folks very happy. Books are gateways to knowledge even for babies too young to read. Experts say babies know important things about language literally from the time they are born, and they learn a great deal about language before they can ever say a word. Numerous studies confirm that reading to infants not only boosts their speech and language development, but overall intelligence as well. Both boys enjoy bringing us books to read. Benji especially delights in being held and listening to our voices as we read to him. His left index finger will follow text and point to objects. Trey Davey is especially observant, watching how you hold a book properly, how you trace your finger over the words you read and turn pages right to left. We know that when we read to our boys, we are setting the stage for their lifetime of literacy.