Magnetic Alphabet Box

Another day is winding down. You find yourself exhausted, struggling to make it through bedtime and ready to hit the couch.  Your children’s pajamas are on and their teeth are brushed.  The tired voice in your head says “It’s okay, just skip the bedtime story tonight.”

This is a thought that you may reconsider!  There is value in reading bed time stories.  Starting with tiny newborns all the way up through older children, who are capable of reading on their own.

In our technologically driven society, people are less likely to pick up a book these day.  They are more likely to hand their child a tablet or the television remote. The statistics are alarming. Only half of all parents read to their children on a daily basis, and only 10% read from infancy.

Especially on days where our energy is spent, it seems a whole lot easier to skip over the bedtime stories in favor of watching a short show or movie before climbing under the covers for the night.

Many people may think “newborns can’t understand, so why bother?”