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The read aloud factor : how to create the habit that boosts your baby's brain / Rekha S. Rajan, EdD.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : Parenting Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781641607667
  • 1641607661
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Why read aloud? How reading aloud supports your child's development -- Benefits of reading aloud for overall brain growth -- Benefits of reading aloud for language acquisition -- Benefits of reading aloud for social-emotional health -- The six stages of reading aloud: from birth through school age -- Listener: pregnancy to 2 months -- The observer: 2 to 4 months -- The laugher: 4 to 8 months -- The babbler: 8 to 12 months -- The boss: 12 to 36 months -- The storyteller: 3 to 5 years -- STEAM reading: bringing arts and technology into your read aloud habit -- Using music to support read alouds -- Using art to support read alouds -- Using technology to support read alouds -- Raising a literacy-rich child.
Summary: "We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills. Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S.Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old age. This innovative and accessible book incorporates the latest research on brain development, describes how reading aloud supports language and social-emotional development, and gives parents and caretakers what they need to make read alouds a regular and enjoyable part of the family routine"-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 649.58 R161 Available 33111011033210
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 649.58 R161 Available 33111010942031
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills.



Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children--all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S. Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old age.



This innovative and accessible book incorporates the latest research on brain development, describes how reading aloud supports language and social-emotional development, and gives parents and caretakers what they need to make read alouds a regular and enjoyable part of the family routine.



Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.

Why read aloud? How reading aloud supports your child's development -- Benefits of reading aloud for overall brain growth -- Benefits of reading aloud for language acquisition -- Benefits of reading aloud for social-emotional health -- The six stages of reading aloud: from birth through school age -- Listener: pregnancy to 2 months -- The observer: 2 to 4 months -- The laugher: 4 to 8 months -- The babbler: 8 to 12 months -- The boss: 12 to 36 months -- The storyteller: 3 to 5 years -- STEAM reading: bringing arts and technology into your read aloud habit -- Using music to support read alouds -- Using art to support read alouds -- Using technology to support read alouds -- Raising a literacy-rich child.

"We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills. Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S.Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old age. This innovative and accessible book incorporates the latest research on brain development, describes how reading aloud supports language and social-emotional development, and gives parents and caretakers what they need to make read alouds a regular and enjoyable part of the family routine"-- Provided by publisher.

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