Parent-Child Aesthetic Shared Reading with Young Children

The participation of a parent in child learning is a topic that has generated a lot of attention among many researchers in the world. The use of wordless story books that have an impact on the child's learning process has been recommended at the elementary level as the best strategies to develop the child's aesthetic ability. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of parent-child shared reading in developing aesthetic abilities in a child's learning; and to investigate the key virtues of Parent-Child shared learning that are critical in development of child's aesthetic abilities. A mother and a child has been observed and interviewed with the parent-child shared reading wordless storybook. The results show the positive effect and parents need quality time to be with children during parent-child reading time.