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From Baby to Bookworm: A Toddler’s Literary Journey

Spring 2025

Neva Frankhouser

Nursing Major- Spanish Minor


Witness the wonder of early literacy in action as this 1.5-year-old joyfully babbles and explores a Global Give-A-Book children's storybook. This heartwarming moment highlights the importance of books in fostering language development, creativity, and a love for reading at an early age.


Early exposure to books is a crucial stepping stone for developing pre-literacy skills, laying the foundation for lifelong learning. Reading and being read to from such a young age holds so many benefits, importantly boosting vocabulary. Looking at the pictures alone promotes creativity and allows toddlers to start to train their brains to create their own stories as they take in these images. However, what you introduce when you read to this age group is an introduction to more and more words. This has been proven to lead to growth in children's vocabulary and more interest in reading. This enforces pre-literacy skills that are so crucial for children this age. (Massaro, Dominic W 2017)


The development of language is the beginning of literacy. This is why reading to children from birth to age 3 is so crucial. The studies linked below have found that this connection between early reading and later literacy is heavily linked. (Hoyne, Clara, and Suzanne M. Egan 2019) That's why here at GGAB, we are so focused on access to literacy materials. It is never too early to begin promoting literacy skills!




 

Sources:


Massaro, Dominic W. "Reading Aloud to Children: Benefits and Implications for Acquiring

Literacy Before Schooling Begins." The American Journal of Psychology, vol. 130, no. 1, 2017, pp. 63–72. https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.130.1.0063.


 

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