Read to Your Child

It should go without saying that reading would be a crucial part of helping your child enhance the literacy skills that they need to do fantastically on an IQ test in the future.

Reading toe child enthrals their imagination and teaches them to be more creative. It also helps them put together sequential thoughts as most storybooks are narratives that make logical sense.

Yet another valuable thing that your child is taught by reading is how to make abstract associations between one concept and another. This is true even if you are reading them a storybook that is quite nonsensical such as "Goodbye Moon."

By reading from picture books at a very young age you also teach a youngster that a static picture can mean a whole lot more than what is on the page. This stimulates the imagination.

Once your child has learned how to identify pictures and read a bit you can stimulate their imagination and logic even further by reading aloud forms a book that does not have pictures. This forces their brains to work even harder. It helps train their brains to construct everything from their imagination.

In turn hits type of stimulation teaches them to remember and learn new information and perhaps even develop a photographic memory. In terms of academia this is a very significant skill and it is valuable to learn it at a very young age.

If you read to your child he or she will also learn how to read faster and at an earlier age. It will also help them to speak, spell and express themselves more accurately in general.

One key thing to practice when the two of you are reading out loud together is to answer any questions your child may have about any words that they don't understand. This helps develop their own curiosity as well as develop the ability to learn and acquire knowledge.

It is also to your benefit to ensure that there is a supply of challenging, high quality chiffon's reading material available for them. Once your child starts to read for him or herself you can never have enough books around.

Make sure that the material is educational and not too trashy as early reading is also key to the early absorption of knowledge. On many IQ tests the questions are cultural and test a child's references so the more traditional and practical those references are the more of a chance your child will have to pass the test.

One activity that the two of you can share and that you can make into a routine is to go to a local library where children's literature of a reasonable quality is always available.

You can also get discounted titles online at places like Amazon.com or even at second hand bookstores. There is no need to pay top price for great children's books so being on a budget is no excuse for denying your child access to books.