How to Get Children to Read – 4

June 27, 2009 at 8:00 am | Posted in New Books | Leave a comment
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Introducing New Books

While it’s good to choose books that deal with subjects your child is interested in you will want him to expand his horizons by getting him books on other subjects. How do you do this?

Draw a little bit more from your imagination and store of psychological know-how. It, for instance, you think your kid will benefit from the science lessons in a book, link that book with another he is more familiar with. You might pick up a scene from Disney’s Lion King, where Simba looks up at the starry sky and sees a vision of his slain father.

Feed your child with facts about stars and space, then present him with a book on, say, the Milky Way or space in general. You can follow these up with books on cosmonauts and astronauts.

Remember, even if your child can read without you around, make sure you continue to tickle his curiosity by interjecting new, though related, facts that will inevitably lead him to your book shelves or a book store.

Make it a point to have his books easily accessible to him. Don’t keep them on high shelves where he’s liable to forget them. “Litter” then around if possible, even if I means cluttering your home.

 

How to Get Children to Read – 2

June 25, 2009 at 3:58 pm | Posted in Basic Knowledge, Confusing Situation, Disney Stories, Good Bets, Quite Young | Leave a comment
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Kid Appeal

Make those video games and TV shows they go for work for their benefit here.  If these have book versions, it might help to have these around.

Stories from Disney, for instance, are always good bets.  If the youngster has seen the movie animation, he’ll be glad to relive what he saw by going through the book version.

The Star Wars chronicles began as movies, but there are now video, magazine and book versions as well.  Selling the books to kids can be made easier if the child’s basic knowledge of the movie story, together with his fantasies about it, are enhanced by the book.

Children today are fortunate in that respect.  Many classic stories like Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver’s Travel, Anne of Green Gables and Tom Sawyer are made into films.  Should one be showing in your channel, encourage your child to watch it.  It may be wise to watch it with a child if he’s quite young in order to explain some intricate or confusing situations and not run the risk of making him lose interest.

Gimmick-y’ Books

Choose books with “gimmicks” like those with holes on their pages or pop-up pictures meant to introduce a new letter or number.  They bring in the element of novelty that will make reading seem like play.

Watch out for the current fads.  Dinosaurs have long been fascinating to children.  When you read about them with your children, emphasize the size, the teeth and outstanding features of these reptiles.  Some books do just that.  Try not to scare the young ones in the process.

 

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