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At My Playroom, we envision picture books as a lot more than just mere stories; they are one pathway to learning and development. Our handpicked collection will cater to the nurturing language, social skills, creativity, and emotional intelligence of the 3-5-year-olds.
Between 3 and 5 years, children grow a lot in such features as cognitive, emotional, and social ones. In this respect, picture books become an important tool for teaching those basic ideas, such as colours, shapes, and numbers, in some sort of game-like way. They inculcate very initial stages of concentration and listening, even creative skills since words started matching pictures in an understandable language in the context of the surrounding world.
Books with illustrations make it easier to learn new words and structures that might be used in sentences. Through illustrations those words are brought closer to meanings, making it easier to understand the language. This would result in children synthesizing the word identification and meaning that picture reading brings with word-to-word connections.
A lot of the picture books are centred around emotions, friendship, and day-to-day hardships children go through. Recapturing fears, learning how to -say- it feels, or getting through relationships will provide an opportunity for a child to grasp and respond to emotions. Such books would give consolation to him and lead the child to a safe area where to go and discuss his emotions.
Picture books introduce diversified characters and situations to children for the development of empathy and appreciation for differences. A way to teach politeness, sharing, and respect is taught to kids through stories. Therefore, picture books become the medium for teaching values socially toward developing a sense of compassion among children.
Picture books inspire creativity in children due to their imaginative plots and colourful illustrations. Most stories take them to some enchanted land where they fantasize and create; hence, thinking out of the box. Interactive books with textures and flaps also invite the child into a tactile experience for further enhancement of cognitive skills.
Reading together is one good way for parents to be close to their children. The picture books offer shared experiences that promote communication, discussion, and literacy. This together taken time will generate closeness and will inculcate the reading habit at an early age.
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