THE AUTHOR

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I am a married mother of 2 now adult children, one older daughter and one younger son. I had my daughter at 18 right after graduating high school and had read a magazine article maybe a year before, that talked about the positive effects of reading to babies in the womb, so I did just that while I was carrying her and sang to her also. Sure enough, after she was about maybe 3 years old she was recognizing words and by the time she started Kindergarten, she was reading above the average. Books became her favorite pastime, she had a small library of books and back then in the early '80's some of the book sets came with cassette tapes with book reading and songs. She excelled throughout all grade levels becoming a Globe Scholar when she was in high school and today she is the founder of her own perfume business. Fast forward to my 2nd child, a son, who I also read and sang to in the womb and by the time he was about 2 1/2, he was recognizing words and upon entering Pre-K and Kindergarten, was already reading above average, loved books throughout and graduated in the upper 10% of his International Baccalaureate class and today is an entrepreneur with his own music engineering and production company. So with that said, I am a living testament that "Reading to Your Babybump" does absolutely have positive effects on children. And do not just stop at reading to them in the womb, read to them as often as you can as they're growing up. Bedtime stories were a mainstay in our family until they grew out of them, lol. Reading is vital and fundamental before and after birth.