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The Force is Strong With Star Wars Personalized Books for Kids

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Star Wars Personalized Books

Christmas may be right around the corner, but Star Wars has already arrived! With all the hype and merchandise, kids are sure to be excited about this new space adventure out in theatres now. The new movie may be exciting, but Star Wars is a saga that has been around for nearly 40 years. Whether your child has already seen the older films and shows or whether they are looking to get into them now with all the holiday hype, KD Novelties has a fun and interactive way to help introduce kids to the early Star Wars stories.

Star Wars Phantom Menace

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… plenty of adventures were had, and your child can take part by reading “Star Wars the Phantom Menace” and “Star Wars: Queen Amidala” personalized books. These rare copies sets kids on a unique adventure along with famous Jedi Qui-Gon Jin and Obi-Wan Kenobi as well as the Queen of Naboo, Queen Amidala, in two exciting stories. Sure, there is more than plenty when it comes to Star Wars related merchandise, but with personalized books, your child can embark on an interstellar adventure while also bolstering their reading interest and comprehension skills.

Star Wars Queen Amidala

Reading stories that are popular especially a brand that is currently in the public eye, is a great way to promote literacy in children and get reluctant readers reading again. Best of all when the stories are personalized they are immersed in the stories they love. With both of these Star Wars personalized books, you can help improve your child’s relationship with reading and learning while also sending your child on an exciting Star Wars adventure!

How to Teach Your Kids to Read and Love It!

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Reading Stages for Kids

Reading is a skill that comes with age and practice. Typically, most children learn to read on their own in some capacity sometime between kindergarten and second grade. Some kids do take longer than others, and some children may have learning disabilities that can affect when and how well they read, but no matter what, there are several things that you can do to get kids jumpstarted when it comes to reading.

Just because babies and toddlers cannot read yet does not mean that you shouldn’t buy them books! Buying books can be incredibly beneficial to children and will help acquaint them with the book itself as an object with some importance in the world around them. This is why it is important to have books around from the time that children are first born. Baby books are designed to entice children with bright, colorful and engaging pictures and consist of pages constructed of thick cardboard materials that are meant to be played around with and explored. Having your baby look at the images in these books, flip through and even chew on the pages will do a lot for your child when it comes to getting them familiar with books in the first place.

Reading to your child helps, too. You can even start doing so when they are still in the womb. The act of looking through a book, reading aloud and relaying a story will help familiarize children with storytelling and can help bolster their communication skills, too. Kids learn by example and will not only develop an interest in books when you read to them but they can develop key speaking and enunciation skills from hearing you read aloud as well.

Playing games helps too! Kids love learning games and teaching children their letters can help acquaint them with the very letters that they will later see form words. Sound out letters and have your children repeat after you. Ask them to point out letters everywhere, whether it is in a book you are reading or on the box of their breakfast cereal. Once they get their letters down, you can begin playing and quizzing them by sounding out sequential letters and even words!

Familiarizing your children with letters, words and books is a great way to get them ready for school. Once they are in a place where learning is their goal, they will be able to learn to read and grasp concepts much more easily, especially since they are already familiar with the building blocks that they need.

KD Novelties provides personalized kids books for all ages. Get your little one their very own special book made just for them, either as an infant, pre-reader through intermediate reading level. Each book is sure to bring memories to last a lifetime.

Daddy Read to Me!

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Dads Reading with Kids
Studies have shown that mothers are most often the ones to read to their children. Though there is nothing wrong with women reading to their children, offering kids a variety of different experiences with both parents with reading can be incredibly beneficial to their development. Not only can this help their reading skills but it can also help build special bonds as well.
Men are often seen as people of action. Dads tend to take over when it comes to physical activity or manual labor, and while these skills are important, it is also important not to get hung up on gender roles. Reading is just as much an activity as anything else; ‘to read’ is a verb, right? It’s something you do! And we all know that having two people read the same thing can provide drastically different results. So having dad step in and do some reading can help broaden a child’s imagination as well as their reading skills.
Studies have actually shown that kids who read with both their mother and their father performed better on standardized tests and had a wider grasp on a more diverse vocabulary. This is because mom and dad both bring something unique to the table. Each person is different and will inherently bring a different skill set to whatever activity parent and child are partaking in. This applies to reading as well.
Similar studies have also shown that not only are kids more well-rounded in terms of their reading skills, but that they are generally better behaved and more emotionally developed as well. This is often because fathers who regularly read to their children also share in caregiving responsibilities with mom, leading to higher self-esteem, better attachment and healthier social competence in kids.

Regardless of whether the child is a boy or a girl, having daddy read to them is important. Statistically, boys do not read nearly as much as girls do and there have been plenty of campaigns pushed by children’s publishers to entice boys to pick up more books. Having dad read can help young boys feel more confident in reading, regardless of subject material.  Another study shows that boys who read with or are regularly read to by their fathers are more likely to score higher in terms of reading comprehension and overall achievement. However, when it comes to girls and reading with their fathers, they can gain more confidence and insight because dad can offer a different perspective and suggest a different array of books and topics than mom would choose.

Check out our vast array of personalized children’s books that both child and dad can share and read along together. Visit us at KDNovelties.com.