Many of us love to sit down with a good book and with the amount of stories there are in the world, we have a wide variety of options to choose from.  Whether we read to escape reality or simply just to learn and expand our knowledge, reading certainly helps us to develop our imaginations, allowing us to create our own movies in our head. Reading is certainly a lavish pass time. But this simple activity has to offer us a number of goods. Whether you read to yourself or read to your children, there are uncountable benefits of reading books. We can talk about it as much as we like. A lot of the benefits of reading are scientifically proven. Apart from these, there are other benefits which hit closer enough to human experience.

We gain much more from reading than you may think. Here are our top five reasons why we should read more and how it can even help improve our health and your overall outlook.
 

Benefits of Reading Books
 

Reading develops your verbal abilities

The more we read, the more words we become exposed to, which inevitably make their way into our everyday vocabulary. Not only does this give us a greater self-confidence, it also helps us with our careers. Being articulate and well-spoken is of great help in any profession. We are just incomplete or rather nothing without language and expression. Vocabulary development is the most amazing bright side of the benefits of reading to children. Nothing will help your child learn new words as effectively as reading and books. Even if you feel your child is way younger to comprehend what you read to them, we will still suggest that you do it anyways. One of the many benefits of reading aloud to your child is the development of their ability to comprehend.
 

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Reading reduces stress

Moving on to disclosing further benefits of reading, we will talk about the role of reading in managing and reducing stress. Losing yourself in a great story can help you escape stress and worries of everyday life. Reading allows us to become distracted, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax. A recent study held at University of Sussex showed that subjects only needed to read, silently, for six minutes to slow down the heart rate and ease tension in the muscles.

Apart from just being a distraction, reading is soothing in many more ways. It gives you time to sit back and relax. The reason why we have to deal with everyday stress is because we are rushing most of the time. When you sit down to read, the rushing is paused. Moreover, if you read before bedtime, you can have all the benefits of reading before bed. You will be able to sleep better and wake up feeling fresh and not tired. You will also be able to save yourself the fatigue that comes from unnecessary screen time before falling asleep. To make the bedtime reading more engaging and inclusive, you can read aloud to your kids and relieve yourself the stress of worrying about their sleeping patterns.
 

Looking for some amazing books to help relieve the stress? Check out our book collection where you will find a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres.
 

Reading improves your imagination

Another of the many benefits of reading books is that it helps to improve our imagination. Reading allows us to create vivid characters and scenery. A well written description of a location or event can help your mind create unique images in your head, helping develop your own imagination. Not only does it help your creative side, it also helps to improve your concentration as when you read a book, all of your attention is focused on the story and you can immerse yourself in every fine detail you’re absorbing.

Children usually have a vivid and far-reaching imagination as compared to adults. It is important that this ability does not diminish as they grow up. Books are a medium to keep imagination alive as kids grow up. So now we have one more added to the benefits of reading to children. Read to them, make them read when have learnt to read, and they will grow into creatively-inclined adults with a vision and a powerful imagination.
 

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Reading provides mental stimulation

The brain, just like any other muscle in the body, requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy. Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can help slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia as it keeps the brain active and engaged, which can prevent it from losing power. Reading also allows us to think and expand on our knowledge. A huge benefit of reading is that it saves us from old-age mental disorders and keeps our memory sharp and intact. You will read today and the benefits of this reading will stay with you in your fragile years. A very reasonable investment to make, right? So, be mindful and do the best for your older self.
 

Poetry is also a mental stimulation. If you are short on good poetry to read, check out our blog and get your hands on some breath-taking collections of poetry.
 

Reading improves your memory

Remembering a collection of characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history as well as the various sub-plots can be a lot to remember. However our brains are marvellous things and can recall these things with relative ease. The more we read, the more we are using our memory skills. Of the many benefits of reading books, this one directly relates to your intelligence.
 

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With the wide variety of genres out there, there is something to capture the curiosity and imagination of everyone. So why not step away from your computer and modern technology for a little while, and start reading a new book to gather all the benefits that reading has to offer.

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