According to Mem Fox, in her book Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, by the child's first birthday, the foundation will already have been set with regard to his or her cleverness, imagination and creative being. Fox 
suggests that it may be too late for a child to begin reading if he or she has not begun to do so prior to entering school. Reading difficulties are not easy to fix, so, parents, prevention is key; wise Ben Franklin once said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This infamous quote can be applied to a great deal of topics today, including literacy, no less.A child's intellectual development has been linked to close verbal communication by the age of three. Speech begins with being spoken to, and reading aloud is the perfect time for the special bond between parent and child, and intellectual, reading, and speech development. By the time a child hears speech, music, and repetition, the foundation of early literacy has begun. Without any verbal communication, or lack thereof, children will have a more difficult time wanting to learn to read.
So, read, read, read, and play the important role of giving the gift of all-things related to brain development.
