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Do you know that the best time to teach a child to read is when
they are still a baby?
Unbelievable as it may sound, but research has clearly shown that children who
start learning to read as a baby before beginning formal education tend to gain
better self-esteem and higher confidence levels compared to others who begin
their formal education in a more conventional manner.
You might be wondering, why would your baby be a faster learner than any adult?
The reason is extremely simple but practical. Your baby is still in the earliest
phases of development when looked from the overall perspective of the entire
human life.
It is this early phase when the baby's cognitive power is strongly developing.
This cognitive power makes learning to read and even learning languages a
relatively simpler task for a baby. In addition, a baby who can read
independently can start formal learning early and can learn faster than other
children who would also require learning reading. This gives your kid a
head-start over others. Also, reading makes the baby start thinking clearly in
earlier phases of life. Reading serves as a healthy exercise to the process of
early cognitive development phases in a child. Hence, a baby who starts reading
early enough eventually stands a superior chance to excel intellectually
compared to late starters.
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