How parents can cultivate their children's interest in reading
A Western educational celebrity once said: "Reading is a good way of lifelong education. Cultivate children's interest in reading, and children will like to read. It is the best gift that parents can give to their children, and it is also a sign of successful family education. Children like reading better than pure school education, better than a computer, and better than the most advanced university diploma. Love of reading can change everything in a child. Children benefit from it throughout their lives.” So, where does children’s interest in reading come from? How to cultivate it? In this regard, Ms. Karen Millers from the United States put forward her own views.
1. Comply with the psychological characteristics of the child and select the first batch of books that the child "loves to read" so that the child will develop a good impression of the book first.
If parents have proper training skills, it will be easier for children to fall in love with reading. In the early stages of children learning to read, parents must carefully select books and periodicals. The content and appearance of books and periodicals should try their best to cater to their children's psychology. They should not judge the content of books and periodicals from an adult's perspective. Don't think that "useful" books and periodicals can be given to children. Yes, you need to attract children's interest first. In the eyes of children, colorful insects and lively and cute animals, large and small, may be much more interesting than the abstract things such as A, B, C, D and 1, 2, 3, 4 that adults emphasize. Therefore, early reading should try to provide children with animal picture books, fairy tales, children's poems, etc. that are short in length, have few uncommon words, have relatively colloquial language, and have certain illustrations, such as Jin Bo's "Kick and Drag Little Red Shoes" and Sun Youjun's "Little Piggy as a Bodyguard" is very suitable for children in lower grades.
2. It is not advisable to control your children’s reading process too tightly.
Curiosity, restlessness, lack of patience and endurance are common psychological characteristics of children. Therefore, in the early reading process, children are often unable to read a book from beginning to end like adults. Their favorite way of reading is to flip through this book and that one. In this regard, parents should not rush to get angry or express disappointment with their children. As long as they don't tear up or throw books on purpose, parents don't have to worry too much about them. Usually, at this stage, as long as the child is willing to hold a book in his hand and read it with interest, parents should feel satisfied. Because this kind of performance is completely in line with children's early reading psychology and is a sign that children have taken an important step on the road of reading and seeking knowledge.
3. Children should not limit their reading scope and content prematurely, but should give children the right to choose reading and provide them with a relaxed and free reading environment as much as possible.
Reading is an act of seeking knowledge and a kind of enjoyment. Therefore, in the process of children's reading, parents should not restrict and control too much the content, type and scope of the periodicals their children read, except for those books and periodicals that are truly harmful to their children. Generally, the wider the range of content in the periodicals your children are reading, the better. Generally speaking, starting from elementary school, most children have gradually formed their own hobbies and interests in the choice of reading content. In this regard, parents should pay attention to observation, understanding and guidance, and should not interfere too much, nor should they forcefully change their children's reading preferences according to their own will, nor should they list required reading lists for their children based on their own knowledge views and reading habits. Otherwise, children will easily develop aversion and fear of reading, and thus lose interest in reading. In this regard, American library science teacher Susan Rosenweig has a famous saying: "If you want your children to read exactly according to your plan, it is destined to not last long."
4. Parenting* **Read and set a good reading example for your children.
Mr. Ruth Graves, former president of the American Book Reading Association, said: "Now, there is a strange phenomenon in some families: parents like to read books, but often wait until their children go to bed to fall asleep before sitting down to read. As a result, "What a pity that children never know that their parents also like reading." In this regard, experts believe that parents should read with their children as much as possible and be their children's reading role models. At the same time, parents can often exchange reading methods and experiences with their children, encourage their children to retell the storyline or specific content in the book, express their own views and opinions, and then analyze and discuss them together. If you do this regularly, your child's interest in reading may become more intense, and your child's reading level will gradually improve.