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Read A Bedtime Story
The benefits of reading aloud to a child range from the cognitive to the linguistic, but from a practical standpoint, it also prepares your child for sleep. By providing windows into another world, a book can serve as a bridge between day and night. Reading from a rocking chair helps meet their needs for pre-sleep snuggles as well.
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