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Tags: health, wellness, sleep disorder, bedtime stories
 Having kids in the house can provide a lively and animated atmosphere. Parents who appreciate their kids and properly attend to them always take time to cater to their kids’ learning needs. And when it comes to the early learning stages of children, telling them stories seem to be the most appealing means.
As for stories, the best ones children look forward to at night are bedtime stories. Bedtime stories provide a host of benefits not only to the children but to parents as well. Studies have indicated that children whose parents read bedtime stories to regularly have better IQ, are more imaginative and have better listening skills.
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These are only to mention a few of the advantages of reading bedtime stories to children. Telling children bedtime stories is seen to be a tradition practiced all throughout the centuries. This tradition may have been perpetuated not only due to the fact that it is a tradition. Science has proven that reading children bedtime stories contribute countless benefits to the children’s growth and development as well as their character and personality.
Medical research studies have cited that constantly reading bedtime stories to children help in the children’s speech and language development. Pregnant women are in fact encouraged to read bedtime stories to their unborn child as supported by medical researches. By reading bedtime stories, the child is able to absorb the parent’s voice as well as the language they are speaking.
Parents who aim on bringing up bilingual children can make their goal a reality by reading bedtime stories to their children in different languages. Studies have proven this method to be effective. Reading stories to a child learning to speak will not only aid in the child’s speech and language development but it will also enhance the child’s memory.
Much more so if the bedtime story is read over and over again. On top of all these advantages however, what remains vital is that the child’s imagination and comprehension skills are enhanced. As the ultimate result then, the child’s IQ is boosted. Regularly reading bedtime stories to children will also improve their listening skills.
The child learns to concentrate while being read the story and it can boost his or her confidence when he or she can predict the ending of the story. Other than that, they also find listening to bedtime stories a pleasurable experience. Other than all these mentioned benefits of telling bedtime stories, children learn to develop healthy sleeping patterns as well.
More so, with bedtime stories, the children are calmed when they are anxious and on the whole they are able to establish a pattern or routine. Bedtime stories such a Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs are the ones most recommended. Other than providing entertainment to the children, such stories also teach simple morals.
It is then that a proper attitude and outlook is embedded on the children’s minds which can help shape their character and which they can carry on until the later years and adulthood.
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The author of this article Rose Windale is a Health and Wellness Coach who has been successful with several natural health programs for many years. Rose recently published a step-by-step guide on how to lose weight the EASY way and become totally healthy and happy. More info on her life-changing eating habits plan HERE.
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