Bedtime Reading
Share the magic with a book at bedtime
Sharing books with your baby or child and reading aloud with them at bedtime is a fun, warm and loving experience.
Just by reading aloud together for ten minutes a day will see them grow into eager, confident learners, acquiring listening skills and gaining new words that are far beyond their reading ability.
The perfect way to end a day
Babies and children love routine and rituals. The joy of looking forward to a story makes a bedtime routine so much more fun and exciting. Ending the day with a loving cuddle and a book helps a child wind down ready for sleep.
Give them a flying start
Even babies that are too young to understand the story will be soothed and calmed by your voice when you share a book with them. Babies and children who love books and the pleasure of hearing stories and rhymes have a flying start when it comes to learning to read by themselves.
Keep on sharing!
But remember to keep sharing books together even when your child can capably read alone. You can share in the magic of bedtime reading for many, many years.
Win wonderful bedtime books
View our specially-selected top ten of some of the very best books to share at bedtime, discover top tips and more.
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