Teach your Baby how to read

It is better to build children than to repair adults "

I would like to offer my sincere apologies for the delay in posting new posts.  I have been quite busy shifting job and adjusting to my new job in Hong Leong Bank.

Today I would like to share about the secrets I have learned in this book that I picked up in Popular bookstore. The title of the book is "TEACH YOUR BABY HOW to READ"

Now when my husband first approach me with the idea, I laughed at his face. Now he is adamant about proving that he is right. Many people think that kids should enjoy their first few years and proceed to studying at the age of six.
The book first prove that babies can read and give various examples throughout the book to show that babies do actually pick up reading at very young age. In  fact there was an example of a five year old who picked up reading at the age of three years old and have read through all the books in the house. The book also went to illustrate that children from age zero to six years old absorb things very fast. That is why parents are advised not to swear or fight in front of their children for fear that they would pick up all the vulgar words and negative emotions.

I specifically enjoyed the illustration about a child who could speak five languages by the time he was five years old.  The book explains that the parents were of mix descendant from Turkey who move to Cairo when the baby was one years old. Since their parents were of mix heritage, they spoke Turkish and Spanish very well. The baby grandfather and grandmother were of Armenian descent and could speak the language very well and also a bit of Serbian language.;  As they were muslim, they were also well versed in Arabic. At the age of three years old, the whole family moved to America to do business.  The child naturally picked up Turkish, Spanish, Armenian, Arabic and English. When the boy was four years old, they moved again to Germany and the boy picked up German as well.

The fact that the boy was so well versed in so many languages had to do with the fact that he was exposed to different languages since young. The book went on to show that millions had been spent in America to encourage teenagers to pick up a secondary languages but they still struggle. Why is this so?

The answer to this question is simple....a child brain is like a sponge. He absorbs everything through his five senses and from age one to six years old, his absorption rate is so high that he can pick up languages and reading as well.

Do you notice that when u turn on your tv, babies would stare at advertisement, especially those big words. Kids who dont know how to read are able to recognize the word Mcdonald and Marlboro due to the advertisement on the tv.

The book encourages parents to start teaching their children young. The book go on to say that Children SHOULD start reading young reason being that children who start reading young enjoy a huge rate of success later in their lives and  associate learning new things with joy.

Have you ever heard some people say that they had a good day because they learn many things that day? Or have you heard people say that they had a bad day but they learn a new lesson that day?

Well the book encourages parent to teach their children from young so that our children will be exposed to learning reading at young age and will not feel that learning is a burden.

After reading the book, I was very much impressed by the details that the author went in to convince young parent to expose their children to reading from small. They only started teaching the techniques at chapter seven. I would like to share about the technique tomorrow as it is time for me to cook.

Until than, au revoir and take care.