JAKARTA - At home, you have prepared several books for your little one. The hope is that he will read everything and get more and more things to study. However, the chosen book remains the same book, that's again, that's it again. Does that mean the book you choose is not interesting for him?
Don't worry, you're not wrong, really, by buying a variety of books for him. The toddlers aged 2 or 3 years really want repetition. They like everything that repeats itself, including their reading books. Well, reading the same book over and over again to toddlers actually has various benefits. What are they? Launching Parenting, Wednesday, September 7, here's the answer.
Sunita Shah Bsc (Hons), MRCSLT, MASLTIP, HPCReg., pediatric speech and language therapist in England, said that repetition can strengthen children's memories. He explained the findings that toddlers who only heard one story three times were much better at the same time remembering new words than those who listened to three different stories.
Reading story books can be used as an alternative to sleeping rituals when you start visiting your little one. Repeating the same storybook will make it easier for your little one to reach a calm condition until he finally falls asleep.
When learning more about the world around her, your little one sometimes feels overwhelmed by all the new information he gets. The repetition of a story he already knows will help convince him that everything is as it should be. This will provide a sense of security for children.
In addition, repetition presents predicted conditions. They know what will happen and match their expectations. It can give you a feeling that they can take control which can then create a sense of security.
You may worry that reading the same book all the time makes their study space narrower. Don't worry, Dr. Zach Cummings, a clinical child psychologist in Toronto, Canada, says that when children keep repeating the same book many times. Children will actually develop more vocabulary. Your little one can get new information from each repetition.
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