Do you read bed time stories to your children?

cant beat the old ladybird books! ive been buying them from ebay, ive still to get little red hen (i love that one!) also love the little match girl really nice but sad story. i have a big cupboard in there room with 5 draws stuffed with books, 1 draw full of older books and a lot of new ones. my sons favourite is a newer one, chocolate mouse for greedy goose. and my daughters a older one, she loves goldilocks and the princess and the frog. i don't mind tho what i read just as long as its a good story, and my favourite are the ones with morals. like hans christian Andersen's, were it says and the moral of the story is... love them!

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I have three daughters (4, 3 and 6 months) and they all get a bedtime story. The 2 older girls each choose a book or 2 each, hey all lay down in one bed and listen to the stories. They absoluetly love stories. We have over 100 books, some new stories, some old fairy tales, some picture books... All sorts. I really think reading to your children is one of the best things you cant do to kickstart their educations and is also a great way to share quality quiet time with your kids, helps them relax and wind down ready for bed while having a cuddle. . Good for their imagination. So many positives... I love books!

I read to my daughter every night since she was old enough to stay focused on the book. I love to read some of the stories I grew up with but I also include new stories that address some of the things she is going through at this stage (making friends, listening to teachers, owning up to mistakes etc). Some of the stories from my childhood haven't aged well or I'm old enough to question the message they are conveying but a lot of them are still in my library. I just introduced my daughter to "The Little Engine That Could", oh the memories!

You shOuld ALWAYS be reading to your children well into high school. It sounds rediculius but it's true. Let's them pick the book. It allows the child to feel inpowered and higher self esteem. If they are too young than read what you like.

Suggestion. They have Harry potter in children friendly form now. Try that!

Not reading to children is a teachers pet peeve

Also never use story time (or meals fir that matter) as a form of punishment. The child will begin to associate the two with negative feelings as they grow old

Both are really, really important. Kids learn different things from the stories and books they read or have read to them.

And you're right when you say kids today often don't hear the old stories and rhymes.

Poems and nursery rhymes are actually really important - more important than most people realise. Did you know, for example, that kids who aren't exposed to nursery rhymes, songs (especially with actions), word games and simple poetry may not develop the skills to learn to read easily and well?

Here's some info about why poems and nursery rhymes are so important:

http://www.best-books-for-kids.com/poems-for-kids....

On the other hand, kids who are exposed to lots of nursery rhymes and simple poems for kids (as well as stories) will usually not need to be taught to read - they'll simply pick it up naturally and easily once they start school. Amazing but true.

There are two really wonderful books about why reading to children is so important, when to start (at birth), how to do it and what benefits it brings to children. I strongly recommend every parent reads at least one of these books:

'Reading Magic' by Mem Fox (short, fun and easy to read)

'The Read-Aloud Handbook' by Jim Trelease (longer and more detailed but full of fantastic info)

The information in these books is priceless.

Feliss

I like the old stories

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Yes. We read a variety of different stories. Old, new and even sing songs!