兒科醫護人員建議由孩子出生開始便為他們朗讀

美國兒科學會將於星期二公佈最新政策,除母乳餵哺及接種疫苗外,醫生將會建議父母為剛出生的嬰兒朗讀。 從出生開始至三歲是孩子腦部發展的重要時期,為孩子朗讀能增加詞彙及加強其他溝通技巧。在全美國擁有六萬二千名兒科醫生會員的美國兒科學會,現正邀請其會員向每位會見的家長推廣朗讀的重要。 Source  

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Between the lines: The joy of book series

I am an advocate for parent-child reading, so my children are in the habit of bringing books to grown-ups for them to read out loud. In the past year, my eldest daughter has started to take books from our bookshelf and read the words silently to herself. And then one day, I heard her reading Maurice Sendak’s One Was Johnny to her younger sister. The sight warmed my heart: she held her sister on her little lap the same way I hold them when I read to them. Only then did I discover that she reads quite well on her own. Her strong reading skills make school life a little easier. For example, rather than trying to memorise the letters comprising a vocabulary word, she is aware of words that don’t quite look right when spelled incorrectly. Solving maths questions don’t confuse her because she is able to pick out the needed hints to determine what is required. To prepare her for Grade One in September, our reading strategy has evolved into book series. I will read aloud the first chapter, to introduce the characters and give them life through animated reading using different voices. Then I leave the rest

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Prestige (May 2014)

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Between the lines: stories build bonds between father and child

My husband is great with children and has a good rapport with them. Nevertheless, hanging out with young ones isn’t his idea of a relaxing and fun time. Asked to pick between two weekend activities, nine times out of 10 he would choose the one that didn’t involve children, neither our own nor those of our friends. He relishes weekends spent in the company of adults. Even though my husband brought welcome balance to my weekends as I joined him in these activities, he often found himself apologising to hyper-parents for his “behaviour”. I consoled him by noting that there is no study to show that helicoptered kids, or kids with parents who are constantly present, grow up to be happier or more successful. He found comfort in my summaries of the hundreds of parenting-related articles that I had read, many of which dissected this recent concept of parents existing for the sake of children. While my husband’s parenting views have not changed much from the time we brought home our first child, I can see that he is now enjoying spending more time around children as ours grow older. And through

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