Saturday, September 20, 2014

Teach Your Child to Love Learning At An Early Age With Personalized Baby Story Books

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Like most parents, you probably know that the steps taken early in a child’s life can make a huge difference in the child’s outlook on education and learning.

As older kids return to school for another year, it’s a great time to consider the benefits of personalized story books for babies. Although your little one may not be ready for formal education for a few more years, helping your child develop an early love of reading can make a huge difference when that time comes.

Opportunities for Learning

Personalized books can offer unique advantages for babies in particular. Your baby will benefit from the reinforcement of hearing his or her name read in the story, along with new words and ideas. Personalization can also help keep your baby more excited and interested in the story. The inclusion of other personal information, such as your child’s birthday and hometown, can eventually help your child learn these key personal facts. As your child gets older, he or she should even be able to more easily recognize and write his or her name, thanks to its repeated appearance in the story.

Details Kids Will Love as They Grow

Your baby may not initially appreciate the level of detail and customization that personalized baby books offer. However, in a few more years, your child will love noticing that his or her photograph or likeness is included in the book and that all of the information is truly personalized. The use of personal facts and preferences will also help draw your child in and keep him or her returning to the book, even at an older age.

Stories Worth Reading Over

Some personalized books for babies may make personalization the primary focus; however, the best personalized story books for babies will not skimp on plotting, illustration, or other key features. Classic books such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Mother Goose, and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star can stand on the strength of their stories alone. The clever stories and vivid drawings featured in these books should appeal to children even if the novelty of personalization eventually wears off.

A Lifelong Gift

Personalized books are a special gift that can be kept and enjoyed for years. While your children may quickly outgrow some books, they will rarely tire of a book that is so unique. Often, these books remain a valued memento that you or your children will want to keep for years. Plus, in addition to giving your baby a physical keepsake, you can help give him or her something less tangible but more valuable and enduring: a passion for reading.

Helping children discover reading at a young age is often the key to helping them make reading a lifelong habit. This, in turn, can help kids become more educated and gain access to better opportunities. It can be easy to stress about helping your child start learning at an early age and overlook simple solutions, but Chronicle Books’ personalized baby story books, can make have it be fun and engaging for both you and your child.

 

4 comments:

Janet W. said...

These types of customized books would make a great gift for my grandsons!

Heidi Reads... said...

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing in time to order Christmas gifts!

James Robert said...

Reading from the time they are born and continuing on I feel the kids fall right into reading and love stories. These sound like great books

Beth R said...

I love personalized books. I have children with unusual names and personalized things have to be custom made. Love this