Storytime with your child is an invaluable way to spend time together bonding and learning from one another. It’s more than simply making funny voices and weird faces as you act out the different characters in a story; you’re nurturing your child’s imagination, teaching them a love for reading at a young age, and imparting on them the wisdom found in the book in an easily accessible manner, even such as in a kids book club.
Storytime is made extra special by personalizing the book for your child. For example, the book can read [Name] Excellent Adventure – replacing the parenthetical iteration with your child’s name, aka, Dawn’s Excellent Adventure, or Tim’s Excellent Adventure, and so on. Not only will this grab your kid’s attention straight away, encouraging them to sit still and listen, but they will also truly absorb the lessons of the book, become more immersed in its world, and will beg you to read even more to them as their love for reading grows exponentially. These books don’t only serve as excellent teaching tools, they are wonderfully personal gifts your children will cherish for many, many years to come. Read on for more information on getting a personalized book for your kids.
The Beauty of Book Clubs
Several outlets specialize in creating personalized versions of books for your children, and they can run the gamut from incredibly beautiful to cute and whimsical. A good way of finding the right fit for you is by reaching out to a children’s book club for their advice. These book clubs have been around for decades, and they are helmed by editors, writers, and other book lovers who take children’s education and children’s literature very seriously.
Many of these book clubs now offer excellent subscription boxes that are bound to keep your children busy for hours since they can be tailored to their unique tastes and make them feel truly special. They can be introduced to new authors who will quickly become their favorites and personalized books that will make them even more excited about reading and learning. Watch as their eyes grow wide with wonder as you turn every page, and soon enough, you will need to invest in more bookshelves to make room for your budding bookworm’s collection. Beyond the subscription box route, it still pays to follow the guides put out by these fantastic companies, as they’re familiar with what speaks to kids and excites them.
Make Your Own
If you have a nice printer at home, a rich imagination, and like to write or possess some minimal graphic design skills, then you can easily put together a short book at home. You can try looking up a few templates online for popular children’s stories that you can adapt and personalize for your child, or you can always get creative and write your own. If you have nursed dreams of being a writer but have had to put them on hold for financial or other practical reasons, then here’s your chance to shine and become a sort of hero to your child.
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