Reading stories to children at bedtime, is a great way of building up a Childs vocabulary, as they are tuck up in bed, the opportunity will present itself for a quality time of bonding, it can be hard to find a more appropriate occasion than this, in which you can share quality moments with the ones you love, its that special time of the night, when parents are not struggling with their children to get them into uniforms.
Bedtime stories opens the door for Children's development, and expanding of knowledge, while at the same time laying down a strong foundation, for language learning, bedtime story gives a subtly method of teaching children how to appreciate life and be considerate to others.
Nursery rhymes read at bedtime, can present the greatest opportunity, for parents to share quality time with their young children; from the age of 12 months onwards, children can assimilate with sounds and get used to different wave length of sounds rising and falling. Bedtime stories can fill the imagination with adventures and happy endings.
Telling bedtime stories can definitely be a time of sharing laughter, and bonding closer together. It develops into a routine that children look forward to, and becomes a perfect play time with the imagination; parents can make the stories enjoyable and happy.
After their shower or bath, the scene is set for children to have pleasant evening of interest with parents, it's a time when you can get the attention of your children, for the most part of the day, children may have been crying, playing or sleeping, but when real bedtime comes around, children love to hear good bedtime stories, and then they ask sleepy questions.
Bedtime story, read with joyful interest, can be a time of moral resourcefulness, where parents share their extended education, done often enough on a regular basis, there is lots of wisdom and knowledge that can be gleamed from listening to a bed time story. Sharing those soft moments offers good family entertainment.
Stories that you can read at bedtime varies, from childish adventures to fairy tale fantasy, however, the book does not have to specify exclusively bedtime, but try to bear in mind that bedtime story for younger children should be short, because of their concentration span.
Stories should be interesting as well as funny, if the child is under 6 months reading stories will achieve very little, For older children collected stories with define aims will encourages them to think and make their own assessment.
The most popular bedtime stories are wonderfully narrated, and they never seemed out of date, especially when the reader animates the stories with their voice, the classics are really worth listening to.
- Cinderella and the glass slipper,
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The three little Pigs
- The Ugly Duckling
- The Golden Goose
- The Hare and the Tortoise
- Sleeping Beauty
- Jack and the Beanstalk.
The bible has a great selection of stories, choosing which one to read, may depend on weather it's a boy or girl, who will be listening to the stories, the bible offers more on the masculine genre than for a female, and many of the stories are also taught again in Sunday school.
You could begin with the story of the nativity, or Joseph coat of many colours, the bible is good for instilling moral standards. In older children.
Enid Blyton perhaps is one of the more popular bedtime stories to read, the catchy titles easily jump to mind, almost guaranteeing the desired result. The Ugly Old Scarecrow, The Little Brown Bear, children loves these kinds of stories. And they go off to sleep in happier frame of mind
Bedtime stories can be found in popular bookshops, as well as the local libraries, bedtime stories can also be listening to on audio CD which helps to relax the children.
