How to develop children’s reading ability and interest in reading

We know that children’s brains are magically absorbent. This ability begins to develop in fetus and reaches its peak at the age of 8 years. The decisive learning period is from 1 to 5 years old. A study shows that children have the ability to read from the age of two, and the closer they are to the age of 0, the more developable language skills and strong desire for knowledge they have. Even one-year-olds who cannot speak can read. Reading can promote the development of brain nerves. If you want to cultivate outstanding children, you must let your children read as early as possible. You don’t let your children study because they are smart, but you will become smart if you study from an early age. It is very important to develop reading habits before the age of 8, because the sensitive period for reading is before the age of 8. If parent-child reading is not enough when children are 2 to 5 years old, then children between 5 and 8 years old will not have enough interest and confidence in independent reading. At this time, parents must spend some time and accompany him again to make up for parent-child reading and help him develop reading habits. So, how to cultivate children\’s reading habits from an early age? First, grasp the critical period of reading. There are many critical periods in the growth process of children. If you seize the critical period, you will often get twice the result with half the effort. If you miss the critical period, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and you may not even see the effect. What is the critical period? The critical period refers to a period at a certain age that is very sensitive to certain knowledge and behavior and is very easy to learn. If this period is missed, learning will be difficult and may even affect life. The same goes for the cultivation of reading ability. The period of 0 to 6 years old is the period of developing interest in reading. The first stage is the book-turning period. Parent-child reading begins when the child is a few months old and can sit. Let the child sit on the lap. After the child gets the book, he will chew, bite, and tear it. He does not know what the book is. Slowly, the child discovers that the book can be turned page by page. The book is fun and contains many interesting things. The most important thing at this stage is to allow children to perceive books and build relationships with them. When we choose books for our children, we must choose interesting and fun ones, such as cloth books, cave books, occurrence books, three-dimensional books, etc. The second stage is the picture stage. After children get the book and find interesting pictures in it, they will observe and observe some details. At this time, parents can do two things. One refers to the naming of objects. Like what is this? This is a chick. The second is the extension of spoken language, such as how the chicken cries, the chicken chirps. What color is it? This is a yellow chick. Let\’s count how many chicks there are and so on. The most important thing at this stage is to improve the child\’s observation and expression skills. This stage also requires a lot of patience from parents. The third stage enters the story stage. During the story period, in addition to continuing the two things from the previous stage, oral discussions should also be added to guide the children to speak more. Let the children predict and recall, such as what will happen next, and then what the story is about, etc. You can also extend the discussion about this story. Who is your favorite? Who don\’t you like? Why? Guide children to express their opinions and feelings. At this stage, a child\’s favorite story may need to be told 10 or 20 times, so parents need to be patient because the child is reading the story again.In the process of reading, you can gain a sense of security and accomplishment in reading, as well as an understanding of details and a feeling for language. At this stage, more age-appropriate children\’s books will be added so that children can have access to books at any time and slowly regard reading as a part of their lives. The fourth stage is the writing period. Children can tell stories according to the text as soon as they enter the kindergarten class, and guide the children to pay more attention to the text. By the first grade, children have accumulated a certain amount of literacy and gradually crossed the threshold of independent reading. After children aged 5 to 7 enter the literacy stage, they also enter the golden period of reading. The reading habits developed in the previous stage and the interest in reading are established. 8 to 10 years old is the most important golden reading period for children. A large amount of reading during this period is of great help to children\’s growth and learning. In addition to cultivating children\’s reading habits during the critical period, we must also create a good reading environment. A child\’s growth is subtly influenced by the people around him. To help children develop reading habits, if parents have reading behavior, children will follow suit. At the same time, help the child prepare some good books suitable for his age. There is a reading area where books can be obtained at any time. When it comes to guiding children to read, if they are at a young age, the most important thing for us is to develop a habit, rather than how much knowledge we need to learn and how to develop a preference for reading. Habits are the purpose. The older child has reading time every day. Most children do not have no time to read at all, but they are not good at time management. Adults can properly help children learn to plan their time, set aside a certain amount of time for reading every day, and try not to restrict too much in terms of reading content. Developing good reading habits will benefit you throughout your life. If a child does not develop a reading habit before the age of 8, does he really have no chance? It is not too late. First, start with interest. At this time, our starting point is not whether it is useful or not, but whether it is interesting or not. Parents should observe what their children are interested in and guide their interests to reading. For example, if you like princesses, start with fairy tales, and if you like insects, start with natural science popularization. Let interest lead the children through the first gate of reading. The second point is to slow down the pace. Many parents are very anxious and hope that their children can read a lot of books at once, or they require their children to underline sentences and write down their thoughts after reading. When we demand so much from our children, it will frighten the children and make them unwilling to read. Get rid of the requirements, let the children enjoy expanding their interests in their favorite stories, and then gradually improve. The third point is to create opportunities for children to perform and find a sense of accomplishment. For example, parents unintentionally discuss the content of books their children read. If the child has an impression of the book he has read, he will definitely participate in the discussion. When the child behaves, what parents need is to see the child, oh, that’s it. How do you know so much? Let the child feel what he has gained from the book and feel that reading is really good, so that he will have the motivation to persevere. Reading is the simplest and most direct way to change your destiny. If your child is in the golden period of reading, be sure not to miss the training during the critical period. If your child has missed the critical period, we need to guide him more carefully and start from his interests.Help children develop reading habits. Modern children are also happy children, and their reading habits can also be cultivated with the help of corresponding tools, such as reading pupils. Some parents don’t know how to read picture books to their children, or don’t have time to tell stories to their children. Then we can make good use of the convenience brought to us by technology, not only providing audio-visual and physical education to children in an all-round way, but also satisfying different children. It also allows children to return to paper reading and develop lifelong reading habits.