{"id":137,"date":"2011-01-07T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2011-01-07T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T02:14:08","slug":"your-only-investment-is-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Your only investment is time&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for ways to encourage your young child to read? Would you like to instill in your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essortment.com\/all\/childrenreading_rado.htm\" target=\"_top\">toddler<\/a> a love of books? With your help, toddlers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essortment.com\/all\/childrenreading_rado.htm\" target=\"_top\">preschoolers<\/a> can get a head start on the road to reading, even if they cannot yet read themselves. Here are a few suggestions help get you started from : &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essortment.com\/\">www.essortment.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 First, and foremost, read aloud to your child, no matter how young. Infants love to hear their parent\u2019s voice. Reading to your child not only provides a valuable learning experience, but it can become a treasured family activity. \u00a0Be There Bedtime Stories adds an entirely new dimension to reading aloud. After recording a story for a loved one, they will have it to look at for years to come.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"4\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00b7 Be a role model. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essortment.com\/all\/childrenreading_rado.htm\" target=\"_top\">Parents<\/a> can set a good example by showing that they enjoy and benefit from reading at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Make regular visits to your local library, and be sure to elicit the help of the children\u2019s librarian. There are a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essortment.com\/all\/childrenreading_rado.htm\" target=\"_top\">library<\/a> resources available to help you choose books, such as reading lists and lists of award-winning books.<\/p>\n<p>The rewards you will reap are priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for ways to encourage your young child to read? Would you like to instill in your toddler a love of books? With your help, toddlers and preschoolers can get a head start on the road to reading, even if they cannot yet read themselves. Here are a few suggestions help get you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,67],"tags":[57,58,75,68,91,71,63,94],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-tips-for-reading","tag-book","tag-child","tag-early-literacy","tag-emergent-literacy","tag-parent","tag-preschool-literacy","tag-reading","tag-toddler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}