Rabu, 09 Juli 2014

Finding Empowering Books For Preschool Girls

By Rosella Campbell


Reading to your daughter is one of the best ways to promote her early childhood development. Apart from this it is a great opportunity to bond more closely as well. There are no shortage of wonderfully empowering books for preschool girls available today. Many of these can be found at online stores with reviews are written by parents with preschool daughters. This will help parents to select what they feel is most appropriate for their particular daughters.

The great bonding experience of reading together has other advantages too. This is an age at which children are like absorbent little sponges and this offers the opportunity of opening them up to a world of new possibilities. The beautiful illustrations and exciting stories help to expand their horizons and encourage their creativity.

Little girls often identify strongly with the main character in a story. If this main girl character is brave and resourceful, this can have an influence on a child, inspiring her to be just like the character in the story. In many of the classic tales, a helpless female is rescued by a strong male. Although the classic tales will always be well loved, it is important to introduce a daughter to current stories too, starring intrepid, spunky girls who are quite capable of dealing with any problems that arise.

Social issues like gender, self image, tolerance and bullying are often easier to address through reading a story than by trying to preach about them. These issues are relevant from a very early age and reading stories where they are addressed in an entertaining, fun manner can result in learning of valuable lessons taking place in as natural a way as possible.

Of course it is up to the parent to help the child make the connection between their own life and what happens in the story. Just reading the story may not be enough and it is important to ask questions to help stimulate discussion. For example, ask your daughter questions about the behavior of the characters and what she liked and disliked about the story.

Going to school for the first time can be daunting and reading to a child is a wonderful way to help prepare for this. In this way, a child can be prepared socially, emotional and intellectually for this big step. Self image, relating to others, problem solving and taking responsibility for actions can all be addressed within the context of reading stories and discussing them together.

Research has revealed that children who have been read to before going to school, cope more easily with the transition. They are already familiar with stories and their vocabulary is usually far better than those who have not been exposed to books from an early age. They take to reading more easily than children who are unfamiliar with books.

The resources available to parents today to stimulate early childhood development are virtually unlimited and access to the internet has made this possible. For example, it is simple for a parent to find out what stories have inspired other children of a preschool age. Reading reviews online is an easy way of doing this. In this way, a lifelong love of books can be created in a child that opens many doors.




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