Children readers, are they born or are they made?

Children readers, are they born or are they made? The reader is not born, it is done and parents have a fundamental role that they should not delegate exclusively in school. The school has a responsibility on the learning process not focused on the pleasure of reading ; This, like many hobbies, must

Children readers, are they born or are they made? The reader is not born, it is done and parents have a fundamental role that they should not delegate exclusively in school. The school has a responsibility on the learning process not focused on the pleasure of reading; This, like many hobbies, must be fed from home, within the family.

Tips for generating a love for children's reading

1. Parents are a fundamental reference, the fundamental reference point for their children, who, to a large extent, tend to imitate what their parents do. In families where parents are good readers, reading is part of life: there is a library, parents spend some time available to read, talk about books, comment on what they are reading at all times ... It is easier for them to read. Children naturally tend to approach reading as an attractive, satisfying entertainment.

2. In the case of parents who are not readers or have little readers, the goal of getting their children to read is equally possible ... with a little more work on the part of the parents. Surely they will not become readers for their son to be, but they can show interest in what they read and what they read. You can go with your child to a bookstore with a wide range of literature for children and young people, browse through some books with the child, pay attention to what the child is looking at ... Las 3. The

public libraries and the school libraries are good source to borrow books and magazines with the advice of the professionals in charge of these centers. 4. If there is a story, a novel, some comic that has remained as a pleasant memory

of childhood in the mind of the parents, we can talk about that experience and give it value in the eyes of the child. Y 5. And, something definitive:dedicate some time to shared reading , in the case of children who still can not read or who are learning and get tired easily. The adult is the intermediary between the story that the book or magazine offers the child. It is the voice and is the auxiliary when, after reading a while alone, the child gets tired.

6. In the case of children who already know how to read, the father, the mother, can be interested in what he is reading, ask him in a relaxed manner, so that he shares his impressions. Of course, without turning that interest into a boring and uncomfortable interrogation for the child.

Two ideas that can never be lost sight of in this eagerness of parents, readers or not, to get their children to read and enjoy reading: 1. Reading is a pleasure, not a tedious obligation.2. There will always be a book or magazine that reaches the child's heart. You have to discover it, taking into account your age, your character and your tastes.

Benefits of reading for children

To begin with, something fundamental: reading brings pleasure, creative evasion, intelligent and active entertainment, knowledge of the world and knowledge of others. And this is only the beginning!

In addition, reading, a child reinforces his capacity for concentration and attention. He also practices mechanical reading (the union of letters and syllables to form words and words to form sentences) and comprehensive reading, that is, the essential relationship of a word with a meaning.

All this has a direct impact on their school performance: a child who reads well studies better and, consequently, obtains

better academic results

. Thus, reading plays a fundamental role in school success.

A child who reads has a broader perspective on things. Reading encourages and at the same time feeds your curiosityand presents you with so many possibilities for each situation that makes you more flexible, more creative, more supportive, more understanding with others ... There are many good human qualities that develop better with reading .

When a child from a young age becomes fond of reading and becomes a true reader, he achieves a triumph: reading is a faithful friend that will accompany him throughout his life. In low times, under difficult circumstances, reading will be a private refuge in which to find comfort, relief and advice. Consuelo Cuevas Editor-in-Chief

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