It's Possible That Your Baby Can Read

Your baby can read, but he or she needs your help.

For children, reading, speaking and understanding can start at a young age, but only if their parents or caregivers help facilitate it and play an active role in developing these skills with the child.

With the right development and encouragement, your baby can read earlier than you may think, or at the very least begin to form the basic skills necessary to progress in communication and comprehension as he or she begins to get older.

So that obviously begs the question, how can you make sure your baby can read at a young age? The answer is that you can’t make sure for certain, all you can do is work at it and encourage growth. With young children, you can’t force skills on them until they are ready both mentally and physically, so there shouldn’t be pressure involved in forcing a child to master reading skills.

Instead, there are some basic approaches you can take to make sure your children are on the right track for development as they begin to grow.

For starters, if you plan to begin working on these skills with any babies, it is always helpful to develop a routine. Whether it is watching videos, having them watch you or simply speaking or reading to your child, get him or her used to performing certain tasks at a certain time or in a certain order so they become physically and mentally used to what it takes to master it.

Secondly, learn and begin to understand the methods your child uses to communicate with you. In early childhood, this is very often through their own variation of sign language or audible sounds. Begin to familiarize yourself with what your children are trying to communicate when they utilize certain gestures. From there you can start to determine whether your baby can read or understand what he or she is seeing or hearing and respond appropriately as you work together.

Finally, have patience with children and understand that while babies are certainly capable of developing strong comprehension and communication skills at a young age, they are still babies and should not be expected to progress too rapidly. A common mistake that can work against kids in this process is to be overloaded with too much to handle too soon. Realize that most kids begin to develop skills in reading and communicating once they begin school, and that it is not imperative that they master these skills prior to then.

All of that being said, it is a positive step for any parent to understand that it is possible that your baby can read prior to entering school. Knowing that these skills can be achieved through work at home and becoming involved in starting the process is the first step towards a healthy and productive early childhood.