Kids at the library read books

Library

 

It is very important to create a small place (a library) where a child can always read. If a child sees their parents reading, they will love the books. In childhood, there are always those wonderful moments spent in the mother’s, father’s hand, where favorite stories are read. This is of paramount importance to both parents and children!

You need to teach your child to love books. You will provide him with the foundation to develop many other skills. This improves his ability to communicate and talk. The school will start with a positive attitude towards books. Research has shown that children raised with books have not only shown better results when it comes to language skills, but mathematical tests have also been better! Some children are too lively. It is difficult for them to sit still and listen. Reading books should involve some activity. Choose books that will meet your child’s restless nature. Numerous books require activity from a child. Plug it into the story and start enjoying it without even noticing it.

 

Grandma reads stories to her grandchildren
Grandma reads stories to her grandchildren

 

Activities to build a future book lover:

  •  A book has a front cover.
  •  A book has a beginning and an end.
  •  A book has pages.
  •  A page in a book has a top and a bottom.
  •  You turn pages one at a time to follow the story.
  •  You read a story from left to right of a page.

 

Young children love attention-grabbing books that can easily be held in their hands. Ideal for them is book linkers, so-called pop-up books (whose homepages form three-dimensional images), then water-based picture books, in vivid colors, with clear and large images. Picture books of short, rhyming poems will delight your toddler, who is two to three years old. They will constantly ask you to repeat them. Books that contain little or no text are a good choice because they encourage the child to develop imagination – while creating stories.

 

A little girl is looking at a book
A little girl is looking at a book

 

Keep in mind, however, that children do not learn everything at the same pace. Although they learn new things, they may have “old favorites” – books and activities from earlier years – that they still enjoy. You are the best person to decide which activities will best suit your child.

Children become readers step by step. By age 7, most children are reading. Some need longer than others, and some need extra help. When children receive the right kind of help in their early years, they prevent reading difficulties that may occur later in their lives. This booklet provides steps you can take to get your child started on the road to successful reading. It’s an adventure you won’t want to miss, and the benefits for your kid will last a lifetime.

Becoming a Reader

 

Connect what they already know to what they hear read:

  •  Predict what comes next in stories and poems.
  •  Connect combinations of letters with sounds.
  •  Recognize simple words in print.
  •  Sum up what a story is about.
  •  Write individual letters of the alphabet.
  •  Write words.
  •  Write simple sentences.
  •  Read simple books.
  •  Write to communicate.
  •  Read simple books.

 

Girls read books on the grass
Girls read books on the grass

 

From the earliest days, talk with your child about what you are reading. You might point to pictures and name what is in them. When he is ready, have him do the same. Ask him, for example, if he can find the little mouse in the picture, or do whatever is fun and right for the book. Later on, as you read stories, read slowly and stop now and then to think aloud about what you’ve read. From the time your child can talk, ask him such questions about the story as, “What do you think will happen next?” or “Do you know what a palace is?” Answer his questions and, if you think he doesn’t understand something, stop and talk more about what he asked. Don’t worry if you occasionally 10 break the flow of a story to make clear something that is important. However, don’t stop so often that the child loses track of what is happening in the story.

Children are fascinated by how books look and feel. They see how easily you handle and read books, and they want to do the same. When your toddler watches you handle books, she begins to learn that a book is for reading, not tearing or tossing around. Before she is 3, she may even pick one up and pretend to read, an important sign that she is beginning to know what a book is for.

As your child becomes a preschooler, she is learning that:

  •  A book has a front cover.
  •  A book has a beginning and an end.
  •  A book has pages.
  •  A page in a book has a top and a bottom.
  •  You turn pages one at a time to follow the story.
  •  You read a story from left to right of a page.

 

As you read with your 4– or 5–year-old, begin to remind her about these things. Read the title on the cover. Talk about the picture on the cover. Point to the place where the story starts and, later, where it ends. Let your child help turn the pages. When you start a new page, point to where the words of the story continue and keep following the words by moving your finger beneath them. It takes time for a child to learn these things, but when your child does learn them, she has solved some of the reading’s mysteries.

“As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life. When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning.”  Laura Bush

 

Source: Helping Your Child Become a Reader, U.S. Department of Education
Margaret Spellings

Written by

Irena Canji

I am a teacher in kindergarten. I have been working with children aged from three to seven since 2000. Also, I am a mother of two kids. My son is a teenager and my daughter is going to kindergarten. My main goal through the website is to show that the process is more important than the product. In childhood, kids need to play, have fun, learn through their experience.

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