Siren Films: Nurturing a Love of Reading Begins with Babies
Communication, language development and sharing books
“Sharing books initiates oodles of communication and enhanced language opportunities for babies and young children. Babies use their facial expressions and gestures, take turns in conversations, make sounds, and begin to use new words in response to the connections that picture books and shared story times offer.”
Providing plenty of opportunities for babies to handle books themselves and share books with practitioners is vital for babies and young children's language, communication and wider literacy development.
Part of a blog series from Siren Films with video clips and ideas for practice. Share the link with families too.