Why Should Children Read?

“So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.”

William James

It’s never too early to start teaching our children to read.

Children are highly impressionable; clean slates we can etch epics into. As omnipresent parts of their lives, parents play an important part in authoring the prologues of these epics. And as parents, it is our responsibility to ensure that our children go out to conquer the world wielding every tool at their disposal, and a love for reading is definitely a powerful weapon you can add to their arsenal. Any behavior adopted in the early stages of childhood tends to become a habit, which is why it is important to help children develop the habit of reading from a young age. There is no age limit for your children to be introduced to books. The sooner you start, the better, as children learn at different paces.

Helping children discover the magic of reading will ensure they reap the benefits such as the following for a lifetime:

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