How important to Read to you Children

Seriously very important. Did you know.

Fact. Boys lag behind girls at reading

Did you know that your child would learn to walk without any help from you; they would also learn to speak with out any help from you or anyone else. This is because your baby’s brain was programmed to do these tasks, its all ready built in and working from birth. So baby is of to a good start, but from here on, they need your help
Reading: To just give your child a book is not going to work, they have to be taught, because their brain is not programmed to let them know what the sounds of speech, phonemic awareness, phonics, informal assessment, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, writing, and text comprehension is all about, on top of that every child is different and has to be taught individually and step by step the art of reading.
Some children have a learning disability. These children need extra tuition to help them become efficient readers. If you have not noticed and the child has a learning problem the school will let you know.

For a ship load of information and tips on this subject go to http://www.readingrockets.org/

Fact. Reading standards are no better today than they were 50 years ago and they are no worse either

Fact. You have to teach you child to read, it is impossible for them to teach them self''s

Fact. approx. 40% of fourth graders lack basic reading skills in the UK and USA and Canada

Help. By reading often and regular we can greatly improve these statistics

With out basic reading skills your child is on a cource to failure, if you cannot read you cannot learn. End of story

http://www.kidsgoape.com/kidsbooks

http://www.shopwiki.com/wiki/Babies+and+Toddlers

Sexting

Children with cell phones are setting a new and very worrying trend for all parents. Sexting is sending sexually explicit material lewd text and or photos. It normally starts with a girl sending her boy friend a photo of herself, but youngsters split up, and the boy will then pass the photo around the school. With the cell phones today these photos can be easily up loaded to numerous sites like Myspace. Most teenagers think of this as just flirting and a bit of fun. What they do not realise is the seriousness of it. There have been numerous cases where kids from as young as 11 to 17 have been charged with possession of sexually explicit photos on there cell phones and now face serious charges. So you must educate you children in the proper use of their phone, talk to them, make them aware this is happening in schools, ask them if they would like their naked body plastered on the internet for the world to see. Make them understand that when they send a photo from their phone they have no control over it