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Don't Force It: How to Make Your Child Love Reading
22.11.2024 18:06
With so many distractions and easy entertainment, it can be difficult to get a modern child interested in reading.
Therefore, if your child is just starting to read on his own, do not miss this moment and try to interest him in reading. The following tips will help with this.
Help the child
A child needs an adult's help to get acquainted with complex texts of the school curriculum and to understand them. Don't think that you will be bored - returning to the school curriculum as an adult, you will be able to look at famous works from a different angle and get an unlimited number of topics for conversation.
Give a choice
The main thing in love for reading is freedom of choice. A child will certainly love a book if he finds answers to his questions, whether it is the loss of a favorite toy or a quarrel with a friend.
Don't judge
Remember: you allowed your son or daughter to choose the books themselves. So there is no place for instructions, advice, or judgmental looks – don’t rush to roll your eyes and sigh about “who reads such nonsense.”
Don't force
If after reading a dozen pages the child understands that the book is not interesting to him, do not insist on finishing it. Of course, it is worth understanding the reasons for the reluctance to read: if it is connected with difficulties arising in the process of reading, try to read a few pages together - perhaps your child will change his mind.
For reference
Reading is a set of practices and procedures for working with written text and the direct process of working with the text, aimed at extracting information from it, perceiving the text and understanding it.
