Friday, July 4, 2014

Choosing Empowering Books For Preschool Girls

By Rosella Campbell


One of the most important things a mother can do for a daughter is to read to her. This is not only a great bonding experience but plays a crucial role in her total development. Fortunately there are a wide variety of empowering books for preschool girls today. Many of these can be found at online stores where reviews can be read that are written by other parents with daughters of this age.

There are many other benefits to be obtained from reading to a child besides the bonding experience. Children are very responsive at a young age and a colorful, exciting book with beautiful illustrations is a wonderful way to stimulate their imagination. Possibilities are opened up to them and their curiosity for learning more about life is encouraged.

Little girls often identify strongly with the main character in a story. If this main girl character is brave and resourceful, this can have an influence on a child, inspiring her to be just like the character in the story. In many of the classic tales, a helpless female is rescued by a strong male. Although the classic tales will always be well loved, it is important to introduce a daughter to current stories too, starring intrepid, spunky girls who are quite capable of dealing with any problems that arise.

Discussions with your daughter about tricky subjects like self image, gender, bullying, tolerance and respect for others can be prompted by reading stories dealing with these subjects. Choose stories that do this in a fun, entertaining and humorous way and you will have a great way of getting across life lessons without resorting to preaching to her.

Of course it is up to the parent to help the child make the connection between their own life and what happens in the story. Just reading the story may not be enough and it is important to ask questions to help stimulate discussion. For example, ask your daughter questions about the behavior of the characters and what she liked and disliked about the story.

It helps a child a great deal to be well prepared before going to school. Reading definitely helps to do this as every area of development, from emotions and relationships to building vocabulary can be addressed. Relationship issues like bullying and shyness are just two issues that are evident even in young children. Reading stories where characters address these issues can help.

Research has revealed that children who are read to by their parents, take to reading themselves more easily. The transition between one developmental language stage to the next one appears to be made more easily. A child can start school with a well developed vocabulary and a familiarity with the structure of stories which is very beneficial.

Reading plays a crucial role in early childhood development. Finding well written stories with lovely illustrations is not difficult today, especially with access to online stores. There are many resources for parents to help them find the best books for a preschool daughter, including reviews written by other parents. Exciting stories with colorful characters can help to stimulate a relationship between your daughter and books that lasts a lifetime and opens doors throughout her life.




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