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Even babies can start learning reading concepts way before they are ever ready to read. Find a picture book with big pictures of people’s faces or one that describes body parts such as The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss or Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes by Judy Hindley. Point to the pictures and describe them, them point to the same body parts on them and encourage your baby to touch or grab it. This will help your baby search for patterns while listening and looking, a useful skill that will help in school.-Amy Dawson, Youth Services Librarian, Catawba County Library System
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Many expectant mothers begin reading to their babies while they are still in the womb! Research has shown that babies in utero can hear the sound of their mother's voice. So it is literally never too early to begin reading to your baby.
Even at any early age, children like to mimic their parents, so teach by example. Parents, take time to read something for yourself. While enjoying a book, children can learn the simplistic concepts of "how to hold a book, understanding that there is a front cover vs. back cover, and turning pages from left to right."
Another major concept for children to learn, as they show an interest in books, is that the words can correspond to the pictures and thereby enhance first stages of cognitive language development.
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