Research carried out by consumer show Baby to Toddler, which returns to Birmingham NEC next weekend (24 – 25 November), has revealed that parents are more proactive with their child’s learning than ever before.
In the survey a whopping 97% of parents said they believe that reading to your baby from an early age is important. Of the of 1,000 new parents questioned, the majority of them (85%) also believe that teaching your child to read or talk earlier on will have a good impact on them later in life.
Half (50%) of new parents feel the pressure to teach their baby as many words as possible to help their development while nearly three quarters (73%) of parents said that if their child showed signs of delayed speech development then it would worry them.
“It’s encouraging to hear that almost all parents view reading to their little ones as important,” says Dr. Robert Titzer, world-renowned infant researcher and expert at Baby to Toddler.
“Reading can be a great time to bond with your baby while helping them learn new words,” he continued. “The number of words taught to a baby by 18 months of age predicts how many words the child will know at later ages… babies who are in better language environments think faster than babies who are in poorer language environments.”
Dr. Robert Titzer, founder of Your Baby Can Learn, will be holding regular free workshops throughout this weekend’s Baby to Toddler show, which is organised by Clarion.
More information is available: www.birmingham.babytotoddlerevents.co.uk
