Over the years, you’ve read countless stories to your child, to the point where she can probably recite her favorites by heart. At 2-3 years old, that love of Reading Books and Stories is only continuing to grow. The more you expose her to books, reading, and story time, the more excited she will be about literature and language. How will you know that she loves reading at this age?¹ She will look at books on her own, carefully turning the pages. She might ask you to read her favorite books over and over again. She could be listening, rapt, as you tell fun and captivating stories. Eventually, your child will be able to sing songs or recite familiar nursery rhymes, poems, or fingerplays with a group or on her own.²

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Not only will your child’s enjoyment of reading and story time continue to grow at this age, but as she listens to both fiction and nonfiction books, she will build her knowledge and comprehension skills. She may ask questions about the story as you read, such as “Where’s the pig?” or “Why baby cry?” and will be able to answer simple questions about the story,³ including “Where did Peter go?” and “What did the rabbit do?” Your child will also enjoy adding to the story by making common sounds that she knows, like a ringing telephone, a barking dog, or running water.

Play Tips:

Do you want to know how you can support your child’s development of Reading Books and Stories skills at this age? It’s easy! Read on for some simple tips to incorporate into your daily play time together.

1. Read old favorites and new books with your child daily.^4,5 Offer a variety of books to your child to explore on her own or together with friends and family. Point out interesting pictures and connect examples from the story to her everyday life.
2. Encourage your child to retell or reenact stories. Ask your child to tell you what her favorite scenes and characters from the book are. Compare what the characters do in the story, how they feel, and how they respond to situations to real-world people and events.
3. Give your child props when you read, and have her act out the different characters. An example of this would be to give her a stuffed dog while you read a story about a puppy and have her use it to act out what the puppy does and says. This will help your child build connections between words and actions.

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Developmental Milestones:

Has your baby achieved the following Reading Books and Stories developmental milestones yet? If yes, check off all the skill(s) she has already mastered to date using Playful Bee’s developmental milestones tracker. It’s absolutely FREE and easy to use, just click HERE!

• Matches familiar objects to sounds or pictures in a book.

Sources:

¹Florida Partnership for School Readiness (2004). Florida Birth to Three Learning and Developmental Standards.

²Montana Early Childhood Project (2009). Montana’s Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers. Montana State University.

³Illinois State Board of Education. For Children Birth to Age Three: Illinois Early Learning Guidelines.

⁴Iowa Department of Education (2006). Iowa Early Learning Standards.

⁵Colker, Laura J. Literacy Development Begins at Home, with a Literate Home Environment. Reading Is Fundamental. Retrieved January 8, 2014, from http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/articles/literacy-development-begins-at-home.htm.

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