Getting Children Interested In Reading
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You are right it is a shame and I agree that video games tied in seem to help. Funny how kids almost need to be tricked into reading.
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Taking the time to "act" out different characters with one's voice can really motivate kids to want to do that for themselves.
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Reading is a high level of enjoyment and it's also a moment of personal pleasure-to escape from the outside world. Less children are reading. No, let's face the facts, only four out of the twenty-nine people in my class two years ago knew how to appreciate the world of books. Today, those four, only two still read, and one's dying down, turning for facebook and that sort of thing.
But that's teenagers. What about children?
Try to get them addicted as soon as possible. That way there's more possibility to enjoy the pleasure of reading later in life. Maybe for 2-6 year olds, maybe just let them 'have' a book. Let them study the pictures...
At +6 years, maybe that's when you have to really promote books. Take them to the library every day, if you need to I mean.
I'm only thirteen, I'm not a parent. These are just my opinions.
That's what I think. If you think another way, I respect it.
Ail.
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Ail ... are you sure you're only 13? When I read your post I felt there has to be some hope for the world while it had such mature and articulate people in the next generation.Aileenhu wrote:As well as less tv, there should be less facebook, phones and communication with other people. I'm only a teenager myself, but I don't do what all my class mates do, I prefer to read.
Reading is a high level of enjoyment and it's also a moment of personal pleasure-to escape from the outside world. Less children are reading. No, let's face the facts, only four out of the twenty-nine people in my class two years ago knew how to appreciate the world of books. Today, those four, only two still read, and one's dying down, turning for facebook and that sort of thing.
But that's teenagers. What about children?
Try to get them addicted as soon as possible. That way there's more possibility to enjoy the pleasure of reading later in life. Maybe for 2-6 year olds, maybe just let them 'have' a book. Let them study the pictures...
At +6 years, maybe that's when you have to really promote books. Take them to the library every day, if you need to I mean.
I'm only thirteen, I'm not a parent. These are just my opinions.
That's what I think. If you think another way, I respect it.
Ail.
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I started reading at an early age. I remember toting around a book or two when I would go on trips. One memorable trip, where we stayed on a lake in a cabin, my mom brought a whole box full of library books; and I read half of them by the end of the trip.
I think the current atmosphere isn't conductive to kids reading. I mean, there was the Harry Potter craze, and same with Twilight, but aside from that, what recent books have been "appealing" to children? I can't think of many.
I had Gordon Korman, the Boxcar Children, The Three Investigators, Goosebumps, and many other favorites as a kid. I can't think of a single author, other than JK Rowling, who instills that same appeal in reading for kids.
Maybe we need more children's authors?
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My thoughts exactly.Fran wrote: Ail ... are you sure you're only 13? When I read your post I felt there has to be some hope for the world while it had such mature and articulate people in the next generation.
Damn, I wish there was a Thank you button here. Anyhow, I didn't get along with other children much, so I split my time between computer games and reading - if I had a good book, I read; if I didn't, I played.
However, I am at times alarmed when I see what are the younglings capable of - but the truth is it's often not their fault; their parents should have grown mature before they had kids.
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