Every parent dreams that his child will grow up smart and successful. We all know that reading is very important, as it provides development throughout life. But here's how to instill in a child a love of reading?
It is important to start teaching your child to read when he is still in the womb, at 7-8 months of pregnancy. Being in the stomach, the child clearly hears all the words said. Therefore, if you read poems or fairy tales to a child while he is still in his stomach, then you can easily notice which fairy tales and poems he likes, because he will recognize them when he is born and becomes older.
From the second year of life, invite your child to look at bright pictures in books, at this time the child learns to distinguish colors and shapes. Choose books made of heavy paper or cardboard with bright, large illustrations. At this time, the child wants to try everything to the teeth, to touch everything, so he can easily tear the book. Explain to him that books need to be treated very carefully, if he wants to tear something, give him an old newspaper.
At an early age, books should be very simple in content, children react especially well to poems about animals. Reading should be accompanied by viewing pictures. So for the kid it will be much more interesting to first look through the pictures, and then listen to the words and repeat them.
You can teach a child to read only by example. It is foolish to hope that a child will love reading if his mother does not read herself, but she inspires him that this is a very useful and interesting activity. It often happens that the child does not really like reading, then it is important to help the child choose exactly the book that will be really interesting to him. You can resort to a trick and ask your kid to choose a book on their own, first for you, and then for himself.
There is another way to teach your child to read. Pick a very interesting book, start reading, and at the most important point in the story, suddenly put off reading, supposedly because of an important matter. Then the child will be very interested to find out what happened in the book next, he will take it in his hands and begin to read on his own. If a child is accustomed to books from early childhood, reading at school will not be difficult for him.
When a child is just learning to read, one should not constantly pull back and correct incorrect words. So you can completely discourage him from desire. When reading, the child should receive only positive emotions. It is important to read books with your child every day, albeit a little, but it should be constantly.
Try to show your child that books are an integral and important part of an educated person's life. It is also important to discuss problematic issues with your child after reading the book. You should let your child understand that a book is not a toy, so it requires careful and careful handling. If your child learns to read, a huge world of knowledge, fantasy and adventure opens up in front of him, in which he will try to plunge into as often as possible.
