They were too little to understand the words, grasp the pages or even gnaw on the cover. But that didn’t prevent Katie Kreutner from beginning to read to each of her children the day after they were born.“It creates a strong bond between the child and parent,” says Katie Kreutner, a first-grade teacher at Mason Preparatory School. “It’s a good, quiet time to be together. As they get older, you can infuse a lot of skills into that time. But initially, it’s just a great thing to do — they hear y