How Personalized Child Books Engage a Child's Imagination and Teach New SkillsWhen a parent or grandparent reads personalized child books, it is like an affirmation for the child, but better. In her mind's eye, the child sees herself taking the actions in the story. Even better, the narrator or storyteller is a powerful figure in her life--her mother, father, grandparent or significant caretaker--who is guiding her imagination. By imagining herself as a person who can take the character's actions, she becomes a person who can. As you can guess, personalized books are particularly effective when trying to teach a child a certain skill. For instance, I potty-trained both my boys by first reading them a personalized book that emphasized how nice it was to not have to endure wet or messy diapers and how good it felt to be a big kid who wore underpants, rather than a baby. Since reading personalized child books to my boys made them the central character of the story, they easily imagined themselves going on the toilet, rather than in their pants. This made potty-training effortless. This concept applies to the whole spectrum of personalized gifts which make excellent birthday, holiday and Christmas gifts. To view a wide selection of personalized child books, personalized child gifts and personalized lullabies sung specifically for your baby, we recommend:
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