Helene Goldnadel on Helping Your Child Become A Reader Evidence is plentiful throughout the years that when parents and families actively support and encourage their children, the children are far more likely to succeed educationally. When you as a parent or family member are actively involved in a child's learning process, you give them a significant advantage.
Even more specifically, the foundation from which to build the foundation for this success is reading. How well your child learns to - and enjoys reading, is absolutely directly related to not only how well your child will do in school, but how successful they will be throughout their lifetime. When a child develops good reading skills they have developed a foundation on which all other learning is built upon.
From the day a child is born they begin to learn. From the moment you begin to talk or sing to your new baby they begin to hear and to respond to sounds. The more your talk and sing to your child, the more you strengthen and advance their understanding of language. You are laying the first blocks for your child to becoming a reader.
As a parent you yourself don't have to be the world's best reader in order to help your child become a successful reader. Helene Goldnadel is of the view that it is your time, your interest, your enthusiasm, and your dedication to your child's success that is important. Remember, it is reading that is the essential element that all other learning is dependent upon.