Reading Tips for Parents

“My toddler cannot sit still for anything.” Many parents say this. It usually comes with a worry that something is wrong, either with the child or with how story time is set up. Short attention spans in toddlers are normal. The real question is what kind of content holds a young child’s attention long enough…

Reading aloud to a toddler looks nothing like reading to an older child. A toddler squirms, grabs the book, and turns three pages at once. Some toddlers insist on hearing the same page again and again, while others want to flip ahead before you finish a sentence. None of this means the reading fails. It…