5 Reasons You Should Get Your Child Some Personalized Books
By R.D. James
You don’t have to be a parent to know that reading is one of the most important aspects of intellectual development for a young child. They soak up everything like a sponge at that age, so the combination of words and sentences along with beautiful and captivating illustrations is a time filled with complete and total awe. Of course this can be done with any of the millions of children’s books available. However, you can make reading time for your child even more special if you special order a personalized book. They can be a bit more expensive than a typical book, but it’s usually always worth it. Here are just a few reasons why you should get your child some personalized books.
1. It makes them even more excited about story time. Children love story time as is, but can you imagine their excitement when they know the book they’re about to read with you features them? You’ll see a glow within your child that will soon become the basis for a lifetime joy of reading.
2. It connects them to the story. It can be pretty hard to get a child to calm down and focus at times, but if you have a story that features them, they really can’t wait to dive into it. If you have story time at night, like my parents do, you’ll find that your child has been waiting all day to find out what happens to their character next. My son very often would say to me, “Hey dad, isn’t it bedtime yet?” simply because he wanted to get to the rest of the story.
3. They’ll start to become more and more comfortable with recognizing their name. As I’ve said, this is a very critical time in a child’s development, so along with a whole slew of other words, sentences, and phrases, your child will know exactly what their name looks like, how to recognize it, and how to sound it out. Even though they’re probably already able to say it by this point, being able to recognize it in writing can be quite a feat at that time. Personalized books are such a great way to help them do so.
4. It’s something that might end up saving for nostalgic reasons. This one might be a stretch, but I actually have an old personalized book from when I was a kid that my mom got for me. It was pretty much the only children’s book we didn’t give away or donate. I’ve kept it because it had so much more meaning to me. I even break it out every now and then to read to my son so I could get him comfortable with my name and tell him some stories about his grandmother.
5. You’ll enjoy it more too. Personalized books are a lot of fun for kids and you’ll find yourself feeding off their excitement. You’ll enjoy the bittersweet feeling as they rely on you less and less to read the story to them as they eventually begin to read it to you. The time you two spend with the book will be something the both of you remember for the rest of your lives.
So there you have it. Just a little bit of my thoughts on why you should grab a few personalized books for your kids. If you have had wonderful and similar experiences, I’d love to hear about it and discuss in the comments below.
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