How Do You Teach Your Child To Love Reading?
Have you ever wondered how you can teach your child to love reading? How can we get them to appreciate the language so that they come and ask to read fairy tales and books? How can we make them look forward to going to the library?
We have good news, because there are actually simple ways to arouse children’s interest in writing, reading and learning to communicate.
One can not deny the importance of reading. It makes it easier to succeed in school, you build a good vocabulary, you develop critical thinking and you train your social skills.
If you enjoy writing and reading, you develop empathy and an interest in social justice, which is developed by reading about human conflicts, human origins and possible solutions to our problems.
For a child, it can be very difficult to develop an interest in writing and reading if he or she just spends time in front of the computer, tablet, smartphone or electronic game.
How to teach your child to love reading
Talk to your child to teach them to love reading
Have conversations with your child that challenge his way of thinking and also his imagination. Talk about things that you know your child has an interest in and listen without interrupting.
Introduce a few new words into the conversation. Encourage your child to look for information and think about what he or she has learned about a subject in order to gain more knowledge about it.
Seek advice
Ask the child’s teacher which books the child prefers at school. You can also ask a librarian for different books that are appropriate for the child’s age; not only children’s books but also poetry, songs, comics and maps.
Encourage the child to have fun with sounds and words
Explore the different sounds of the language. Form different rhythms, and play with different sounds and letters.
Do activities with the alphabet
You can use resources to support the fun of the alphabet: books, magnetic letters, puzzles and cards.
Make sure you have books fully visible in different places in the house.
Provide the child with writing materials
Children also need materials in front of them to be able to develop their writing skills. You can have a box of pencils, colors, paper, letters and materials to make lists or write instructions, such as a notepad or a portable whiteboard.
Explain how books work and how they are made
As you encourage your child to read books, magazines, and other publications, help him understand how they are printed and made.
Point out words while reading. Show the child the difference between pictures and texts. Explain each part of the book, such as the table of contents and the cover.
Create a world of emotions by reading to your children
Through daily reading aloud, children learn to love reading and writing, and there will be memorable moments for them that they carry with them for the rest of their lives.
Make animal sounds and show enthusiasm for the story that the child has just heard; start by drawing pictures that have to do with what you have just read to make it extra fun for the child to read.
It may take time to see results, but do not force your child to love reading
Do not try to teach your child to love reading through a “miracle program”. It will only lead to the opposite, that the child begins to dislike books, because the child is not yet neurologically ready to develop these abilities.
Interactive books are great for kids going to preschool. They can make noises or have moving objects, such as an arrow that needs to be rotated.
They are good for making children love books and want to learn to read and write. You can also use them to repeat the same story several times, but in different ways, if your child asks for it.
If you want to teach your child to love reading, give him books as a birthday present. You can also create a small library at home that has books to suit the child’s age and interests.
If you do, you create a mental image that books are like a prize, because the child now understands that it is a nice gift. Otherwise, the child will only associate books with compulsory school work.
