Soviet children's literature writer Mikharkov once said in "Everything Starts Childhood":
No matter how interesting the children's family and school life are, if they do not read some beautiful, interesting and precious books and some beautiful poems, then the children will be as if they have been taken away from the most precious wealth in their childhood, and their losses will be irreparable.
Unfortunately, the reading habit is difficult to cultivate.
How to make children interested in reading has become a headache for many parents. There are often mothers in the backstage complaining, "I bought a lot of books, but my children don't read them at home."
Today's articles are full of practical information, 8 practical methods to make children fall in love with reading. I believe everyone will be inspired after reading.
01
Start reading aloud to children
Cultivate children's reading habits. It is not too late to start, but the earlier you start, the better.
Children open the door to reading from "listening".
Someone once asked Japan's "father of picture books" Nao Matsuyuki : "How can children like books?"
Nao Matsuyuki's answer to this question is: rely on your ears.
html Children around 11 years old can start with simple nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes. Don’t be afraid that your child will be young. Your voice and the rhythm in the picture book will infect your children.
When parents read for their children, on the one hand, the children learn new words with their ears, and the language is growing faster; on the other hand, the parents' voices are full of emotions, and reading has become a good time between parents and children.
It is best to read aloud to children by yourself. Over-reliance on electronic products or reading software is difficult to have good results.
Because parents' reading is a kind of expression and transmission of love. The emotions you want to express and what you want to say are all conveyed to your children through the voices of your parents.
Want your child to develop the reading habit, start by telling him stories and reading.
02
It is best to have a fixed reading time every day
Telling stories to children at a fixed time every day and becoming a habit, or even a ceremony, which is a special benefit to children.
For example, 1 hour before going to bed is an excellent reading time. Considering the child's patience and concentration, it can start from 15-30 minutes in the early stage.
Through parent-child reading, you can enhance parent-child communication. In the hearts of children, this is also a very beautiful and memorable time.
Picture book " Reading with Dad " once wrote:
" When I was a child, my father and I would read a book every night before going to bed. One night after another, we read pirates and kings, wizards and the Lord of the Rings, and the wind in the Willows. One story after another is like adventures again and again. However, any wonderful adventure is not as good as a father and he is not as good as an adventure with him. Read together.
I am growing up, and my words and stories are becoming more and more attractive to me. Dad said: I must read a book every night before going to bed.
The best memory of my life is reading with my father. "
Reading before bed not only helps the heroine fall in love with reading, but also becomes a precious memory between their father and daughter.
Parent-child reading is one of the best bridges to enhance parent-child relationship.
No matter how busy you are every day, you should leave more than ten minutes for your child to study with him. You should read for the younger child. You should read for the older child together, share your views and discuss. This is crucial to developing children's reading habits and establishing a good parent-child relationship.
The most rare thing for children to develop the habit of reading is persistence, especially the persistence of their parents.
03
Create a reading corner at home
Cultivate reading habits, the environment is very important.
Decorate a small reading space according to the conditions and conditions of the home, whether it is a large bookcase or a small bookshelves to create a reading atmosphere.
Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang Love reading is well known.
Most of the space in their homes is occupied by desks and bookcases. My daughter Qian Yuan has been influenced by her and has developed the good habit of reading since she was a child.
Children live in a living environment full of books, and it will be natural for them to like reading.
There is a saying that goes: "Reading is the best family style, and bookshelf is the best real estate."
Let the home have books and make the books within reach. This is the most natural way to cultivate children's reading habits.
04
often take children to places where they have books
often take children to libraries or bookstores. These places can not only provide a comfortable reading environment, but also motivate children's interest in reading.
People shuttle between bookshelves and stalls, selecting their favorite books, and their children sit on the ground to read books. In this environment with the fragrance of books, children are easily influenced.
And in libraries or bookstores, children find that the proportion of books they like will greatly increase.
You might as well take your children to bookstores and libraries on weekdays, which will definitely bring the distance between children and books.
05
Give children some reading freedom
Not rudely killing children's interest in reading
Once a mother complained that her children like to read idle books, such as "Harry Potter", " Sherlock Holmes Detective Series ", " Supernova Era ".... She felt that these books did not help children at all, and she was anxious when she saw them reading.
Actually, what I want to say is that in the early reading of a child, if he likes reading a certain book very much, it is a happy thing. Don’t stop it or even blame him with prejudice.
Remember the writer Liang Xiaosheng Mr. Liang once told his childhood reading experience on the show. When talking about idle books, his mother supported him to read, buying grain, buying coal, and buying firewood. The remaining three or four cents would be said to him: "You keep it (buy villain's books)"
At that time, many people, including my father, thought that reading idle books was a waste of time, but my mother instinctively believed that idle books must have the nutrition of being a human being.
The idle book of childhood became his early push for his development of reading habits.
Reading should be a happy and free thing. When a child picks up a book to read and can read it in full, it is already a manifestation of concentration and patience. Adults should not make things difficult for children to read, and the key is guidance.
I understand that parents want their children to read more good books, but this should be a gradual process and cannot be rushed. In the early stage, you should first take care of the fun children get in reading, let the children persevere, and then slowly convey your reading concept to the children.
If this fun is destroyed, it will naturally be difficult to form reading habits.
06
Don't force your children to read
There are many benefits of reading, such as being able to read, improving children's communication and writing skills, and learning many principles.
So many parents regard cultivating their children's reading habits as a very utilitarian thing, and only pay attention to how much their children can learn.
When choosing a book, it mainly depends on whether it is helpful to learning; when children read books, they put forward many requirements for memory and recitation; some mothers choose books for their children, and they choose masterpieces from famous masters. After reading, they will also "test" the children...
is too utilitarian and will only turn reading into a burden for children.
Writer Maugham once wrote: "If we are forced to read books that are boring, how can we develop the habit of reading? Regarding the method of reading, it is best for you to read according to your own interests."
The important thing about reading is interest, so don't force your children to read or learn, as it will make them more and more disgusted with reading.
07
Do not treat reading as a punishment or reward
There are parents who punish their children and will use reading methods. When there is a close connection between reading and punishment, over time, the child will feel punished when he is studying, which obviously goes against the original intention of the parents and undermines the enthusiasm of children to read.
Similarly, don’t use rewards to coax your children to read.
For example, after reading a book, you can eat delicious food, and after reading it, you can play with your mobile phone for half an hour, these are not suitable for children to tell them.
Let children know that reading is a good habit in life and is something they do voluntarily and consciously.
08
No matter how good the educational method is, it is not as good as the body teaching
After saying so many methods, you will find that in the process of developing children's reading habits, parents need to spend time and effort, whether it is early reading enlightenment, parent-child reading, or taking children to buy books and read books...
Among them, the most difficult but the best way is that parents should also read more.
If parents in a family love reading, children will also be influenced by it and regard reading as a common thing.
The habit of reading can be "hered in". When you pay attention to reading, your children will also pay attention to it. When you read books every day, your children also think that reading is as natural as eating and sleeping.
On the contrary, if parents watch TV, play mobile phones, and play mahjong every day, and are not interested in books at all, the child is likely to learn from it, and it is difficult for them to experience the joy of reading.
So, if your child wants to fall in love with books, parents should also hold up the books and read them on weekdays.
