Research conducted recently revealed that not only children but also their parents began to read less. Surprisingly, the Hindus, for example, read two times more than the Russians. The average Russian citizen spends about 6 hours a week on reading. So maybe we are to blame for giving a bad example to the younger generation? It makes sense to start with yourself. But what if it changes nothing?
Let's try to understand what to do to help the child to love reading, and why it is recommended strongly to avoid.
What not to do
To give the child to listen to the texts from books, which a lot of incomprehensible words. Make sure that the child understands the words from a story or fairy tale that you read to him. And if they are still present in small numbers, do not be lazy to explain their meaning.
To force a child to read and to compare it with other peers that love books. So you cause even more rejection of the child. Deep down he will feel the insolvent, but in every way try to deny it.
To make to read to the end uninteresting works. As a result, in the mind of the child reading will be fixed as a special form of punishment.
Pick up books, not the appropriate difficulty level for their age. They are very quickly bored him. And the lack of interest in reading will lead to the fact that the child does not remember the information contained in the book.
What to do certainly
To escape from time to time from reading books and tell in their own words the interesting stories in it. If you experience fix his interest.
To buy interesting encyclopedia with colorful pictures. Experts say that such books are like all children. They allow fast and fun to learn the materials contained therein. To secure the interest can game in questions and answers.
To devote more time to reading. Children tend to mimic adults. If the baby sees that you are a lot and enthusiastically read, and he will be interested in books. While defiantly take from time to time children's books and pretend to read them enthusiastically.
To select books in accordance with the interests of the child. If he likes to read about dinosaurs, buy books on relevant topics and so on.
Periodically change the genres of the books. Not all children like fairy tales. Some like to read the scientific literature.
Continue to read to your baby, even if he learned how to do it. Try to read with expression, paying attention to important details.
Allow to go to bed with a book. You can offer to either go to sleep or read 10 minutes before sleep. Often children are ready to do anything not to go to bed early. That is why this measure can be very effective.