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Reading can be employed to

promote a child’s brain

development. Before a child

starts to recognize letters, you

can initiate them into reading

and recognition of words.

Repetition of words and viewing

pictures can connect the two in

the mind of a child. Repetition of

the same books can build a

connection between the words

you speak and the images on the

books given to the child. As a

child grows, ask him/her to

identify some things within the

environment, in the child's book.

for example:

“Touch the cat?”