The Ways to Nurture Love for Reading

How to Nurture Love for Reading

Reading is an essential lifelong skill that a teacher should nurture in children. Books are the sources of wisdom as by reading children get necessary life experience, they learn how to analyze and at the early stages it develops imagination that is directly connected to creativity. Moreover, good readers are better communicators as they have the basis for various topics deeper knowledge.

Consider Child’s Interests

First of all read what caters a child’s interest. Be attentive to his/her interests and preferences, he/she will be eager to hear something that is of great interest to him/her. Children usually have their favourite heroes from cartoons, they also like to hear stories that evoke sympathy, so that they teach children what is good and bad, examples to follow, and examples to condemn.

Make Reading a Habit

Read to a child every day and make it a habit. A child should have good associations with time you dedicate to reading, that’s why make a reading time cozy, pleasant and delicious. Let him/her take all the favourite toys. Discuss with a child why certain characters behave like they do, and what it leads to. Such analysis will help a child make conclusions and could easily make right judgements in future.

Make Contrast of Books and Movies

Very often after the books become bestsellers, movies come out. That may become a ground for discussion and a deep comparison of events and characters, whether they are the same or different from the ones that a child has got an image while reading. Also, there is no need to worry that a child will choose to watch movies better than reading. They will show a deep interest in reading when they are ready for that, and if you evolve into the reading process with pleasure.

Give Time to Think

Reading will help your child become a literate and thinking person. Sometimes do not read a story to an end, let your child think over its ending, and ask him/her to suggest his/her story completion. Or, change reading to your child with time for his/her own stories.

Pronounce Phonemes Correctly

While reading you pronounce sounds of phonemes and that’s why you should do it in a clear way, so that a child could learn how to pronounce different sounds at once. If there are any homophones, take time and explain the difference.

Conclusion

Every child needs love, care and attention that’s why dedicating time to help your child read is important. There are several ways to attain a reading habit and raise a child thoughtful personality with ability to analyze any information.