Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Finding 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.

The great bonding experience of reading together has other advantages too. This is an age at which children are like absorbent little sponges and this offers the opportunity of opening them up to a world of new possibilities. The beautiful illustrations and exciting stories help to expand their horizons and encourage their creativity.

A child can often identify strongly with the main character in a story. There are many stories today being written about brave, strong, smart girls. The classical tales will always be well loved but it is important to explore new literature being written today as well. Too many stereotypical tales of a big, strong Prince rescuing a weak, helpless princess can inadvertently send the wrong message.

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.

It is up to you to do more than just read the story. Stimulate discussion by asking your daughter what she thought about the main character. Did she like her or dislike her and why? You can help your daughter to relate the incidents in the stories to real events in her own life. For example, when a little girl in a story shows great bravery in the face of a daunting situation, you can help your daughter to identify with what it feels like to be brave and unafraid in her own life situations.

Reading stories is one of the best ways a parent can prepared a child for school. Every area of development, including relationships and emotions, is touched and stimulated. Incidents in stories can be related to real events in life, giving insight to a daughter as to how to problem solve, take responsibility, feel good about herself and how to relate to others, all before she even gets to school.

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.

The resources available to parents today to stimulate early childhood development are virtually unlimited and access to the internet has made this possible. For example, it is simple for a parent to find out what stories have inspired other children of a preschool age. Reading reviews online is an easy way of doing this. In this way, a lifelong love of books can be created in a child that opens many doors.




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