5 Tips to Make Evening Storytime More Exciting for Kids
Reading with children exercises their imaginations and contributes to many crucial developmental attributes. It can plant the seed for a lifelong love of reading and makes bedtime easier for everyone involved. Most importantly, it is the definition of quality bonding time between kids and parents. Whether it’s incorporating personalized story books into the reading rotation or adding props to the bedtime ritual, do what you can to make it as fun and exciting as possible. Include Your Kids in the Process The evening storytime tradition will virtually always be more fun and rewarding for kids when they feel like participants in the process rather than subject to it. Make it a shared, reciprocal experience in which kids have a say. Let your kids choose the book to read, what PJs they wear to bed, which stuffed animal they can have with them for the story and sleep with that night, and so on. Introduce Your Kids to Personalized Childrens Books If there is anything kids lo...