I think reading to your childres is very important from a early age, my children have all had books since they were babies, we have books in every bedroom and our family plus boxes of them in the garage, my children read everynight before they go to sleep.

My youngest T who is 7 is always reading she gets out teddy bears and dolls puts them all in a row and reads to them just as if she were a teacher.

I would recomend you start reading to you babies as soon as you can, it does help when they hit school age.

Lee

This is something very important to me personally.  I'm an elem. ed. major and I really feel that if the importance of reading  is fostered at a young age, the child will be more successful in school and develop a life long love of learning hopefully.  If one can't read well, it makes everything else more difficult for them.  I started reading to Bella when she was only 5 months old or so and she always loved sitting in my lap or daddy's lap while being read a story.  She also began to 'read' early.  Not actual reading because she is only 3, but she pretends to read, and knew how to turn the page and how the reading process worked from very early on.  It makes me happy seeing her turning the pages of a book and telling her own version of the story based on the pictures she sees.  We also enjoy storytime at the library because it is a fun and free activity for little ones who aren't in school yet.

Great advice. My kids have books that used to belong to their daddy when he was a boy. We have always taught my son to respect books and he has a large bookcase in his room and in 3 years i have to say i have never had to fix a book because he has ripped pages out.

Juzzy