Fathers Reading Benefits
The Benefits of Fathers Reading to Their Children:
Tips for Fatherhood Programs and Dads
Reading is an essential activity that is linked to children’s cognitive development, academic skills, and future employment opportunities. Children often become interested in reading by watching and mimicking their parents or participating in child-parent reading routines. Although mothers have a big role to play, research shows that fathers are particularly influential for children’s language and literacy development, which means they are a promising point of intervention for efforts to improve children’s language and literacy. Reading together and engaging in other literacy activities, such as telling stories, are things that fatherhood programs can promote to help fathers model positive …show more content…
7. Create opportunities for fathers to bring their children with them to program activities and engage them in activities where children and fathers can practice their reading skills and enjoy shared reading in a fun and stimulating environment.
Partner with early childhood programs or schools to create activity nights or other opportunities for fathers to interact with their children. For example, programs such as Strong Fathers Strong Families and Reel Fathers work with Head Start programs and elementary schools to offer after-school activities where fathers and children can spend time together.
Provide books for fathers and children to share. Make it fun! Make the room colorful and have some mats or pillows so fathers can sit privately and comfortably with their children as they read. Children will get excited if the room is welcoming and child-friendly, and dads will feel their children’s
Tips for Fatherhood Programs and Dads
Reading is an essential activity that is linked to children’s cognitive development, academic skills, and future employment opportunities. Children often become interested in reading by watching and mimicking their parents or participating in child-parent reading routines. Although mothers have a big role to play, research shows that fathers are particularly influential for children’s language and literacy development, which means they are a promising point of intervention for efforts to improve children’s language and literacy. Reading together and engaging in other literacy activities, such as telling stories, are things that fatherhood programs can promote to help fathers model positive …show more content…
7. Create opportunities for fathers to bring their children with them to program activities and engage them in activities where children and fathers can practice their reading skills and enjoy shared reading in a fun and stimulating environment.
Partner with early childhood programs or schools to create activity nights or other opportunities for fathers to interact with their children. For example, programs such as Strong Fathers Strong Families and Reel Fathers work with Head Start programs and elementary schools to offer after-school activities where fathers and children can spend time together.
Provide books for fathers and children to share. Make it fun! Make the room colorful and have some mats or pillows so fathers can sit privately and comfortably with their children as they read. Children will get excited if the room is welcoming and child-friendly, and dads will feel their children’s