Few children will take the initiative to like reading. Someone usually has to lead them into the wonderful world of books. ——Orville Prestko
Reading can broaden children's horizons, improve children's language skills, cultivate children's concentration, and enrich children's imagination; reading can make children's inner world more Rich reading can make it easier for children to become the masters of their own souls, make children more reasonable, and therefore bring them a sense of security; reading can also change people's temperament. Zeng Guofan once said an extremely classic saying: "Those who have a deep sense of books have a good face." "Self-purifying and nourishing" means that people who have a deep understanding of reading will naturally have pure and moist faces. The benefits of reading are really hard to explain. The good news is that more and more parents are aware of the importance of reading. However, many parents are confused because their children don’t like reading and they don’t know how to guide their children to read.
I would like to provide several methods below for parents’ reference.
1. Create a family reading atmosphere
If parents in a family love reading, the family will definitely have a good reading atmosphere. This is the best way to guide children to fall in love with reading. If parents go home and sit in front of the TV watching soap operas or chatting in front of the computer, it will be difficult to cultivate children who fall in love with reading. Books suitable for children should be placed as close as possible to children, so that children can read them at any time. It is best to have a fixed reading time of half an hour to an hour every day, with the whole family sitting at the desk and reading.
2. Explore parent-child reading methods
There are many parent-child reading methods, including parents and children reading aloud together, parents and children reading aloud in different roles, etc. When reading with children, in order to arouse their interest in reading, you can use the suspense method. For example, before I took my daughter to read "Little Doudou by the Window", I asked her: "What would your favorite school be like?" My daughter told me what she imagined a good school to be like, and I said: " There is a school called Ba Xueyuan, which is better than you imagined. Would you like to see what it is like?" She was immediately looking forward to reading this book. Another parent introduced his experience and said: "The child started to refuse to read by himself, so I only told half of the story. Whenever I got to the exciting part, I patted his little head and said, 'Look, it's 9 o'clock, it's time to go to bed. Let’s stop here.’ He was helpless. When he asked me to talk again the next day, I said, ‘Mom, I don’t have time to read it myself. There’s not much left. If you don’t understand, read the pinyin by yourself.’ In order to see the ending, he had to read it himself."
Talking about calligraphy is also a recommended parent-child reading method. Let’s take a look at what this mother did. "He didn't read the juvenile version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for a year after I bought it, so I bought a folk story book with short stories such as "Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat" and "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage". After he read it, I started Guide: "Isn't Zhuge Liang awesome? He can also plot against Zhou Yu, which is awesome!" He immediately became interested. In this way, he came to watch the neglected "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There was "Robinson Crusoe" by British writer Defoe. I said: "If we move our family to a desert island and there is nothing around, can we survive?" He asked: "How will we eat in the morning?" Starved to death. ''But there is a man who is very tenacious and has lived alone on a desert island for 28 years. Do you believe it? '' Then I chose the most exciting story and told it to him, and he came to read it. Interest..."
There is also a name-changing method that can also arouse children's interest in reading. I changed the names of the characters in the story to those of my daughter and her friends, and she laughed. Sometimes I also record our readings. Listening to my own recordings, my daughter will also feel very accomplished.
3. Hold a small reading party
Invite the children’s friends to your home to hold a small reading party, select a host, and let several children read a book together. Let’s discuss the characters in the book together. Children all have the desire to express themselves. In order to express more of their own opinions, children will study hard.
4. Use other interests to stimulate reading interest
For example, my daughter used to like watching TV, so I bought books related to the content of the TV she watched. As a result, she felt that the books became more interesting. She has gained a sense of three-dimensionality. As she grows older, she gradually realizes that books can be more enjoyable for her than television. She likes traveling, etc. Before and after each trip, we will look up the history, geography, and humanistic knowledge related to the place we go.
5. Write reading notes
After reading the book, in addition to verbally communicating the reading experience, you can also record your thoughts.
Parents can encourage their children to open blogs online and write down their reading experiences as blog posts. This will not only promote reading and writing, but also attract many children with similar reading interests.
6. Frequently take your children to bookstores
There is a strong reading atmosphere in bookstores. Children will be infected by this atmosphere and will feel insignificant in the ocean of books. This will further stimulate their thirst for knowledge.
The above discussed six ways to guide children to read. In addition, parents are reminded that it is also important to guide children to choose books when reading. They must choose books suitable for them according to different ages.
For children in the first and second grades of primary school, it is recommended to read some picture books, that is, picture books, such as "The Love Tree", "Grandpa Must Have a Solution", "Tyrannosaurus Rex", "Little House", etc. Because children of this age are still in the stage of image thinking, they mainly understand the world through pictures, sounds and lines. If you can bring books suitable for your child at this time, it may make your child fall in love with reading. Starting from the second semester of second grade, children can read books like "Little Doudou by the Window" and "The Magic School Bus". These books pass on concepts such as liveliness, honesty, and kindness to children through stories. Children in third and fourth grade begin to transition from image thinking to conceptual thinking. At this time, children have to be exposed to a large number of text books, such as "Charlotte's Web", "I Want to Be a Good Child", "Thatched House" and other children in fifth and sixth grade need to read. A large number of popular science books, such as "Insects" and "Encyclopedia".
I think parents also need to understand that getting their children to fall in love with reading is usually a slow process. After all, children prefer sports, and reading that requires them to sit down will make children feel monotonous, so children are temporarily attracted to reading. If you don’t have much interest in reading, parents must not be anxious. They should pay attention to using language to motivate their children, and do not easily put the label of “not liking reading” on their children.
Parents are the first choice to guide children to learn to read and fall in love with reading. As long as they are willing to take action, every parent can become a reading mentor for their children. Let us join hands to help children fall in love with reading!