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Teach your kids to love books at a young age

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Teach your kids to love books at a young age

Learning to enjoy reading from a young age will help your kids in many ways. Follow these steps and teach your kids to love reading.

Countless studies have reported on the many benefits when you teach kids to love books at a young age. Unfortunately, many people find that they aren’t able to read as much as they would like. Of course, family and work commitments take top priority, but one of the keys to raising kids who love to read is by showing that you also enjoy reading.

From linguistic and educational benefits through to psychological and social benefits, reading and being read to have a giant impact on kids. Children who are strong readers perform better academically. They also feel more confident when they are entering school and develop a larger vocabulary compared to children who are never read to.1

So how can you encourage your kids to be excited about books and reading?2

Tips on how to teach kids to love books

Start reading to them as a newborn

One of the great things about reading to your newborn is that you can read them anything you like. At this stage, your baby is responding to the tone of your voice as opposed to the content they are hearing. Teach kids to love books from an early age! Use this time to get back into the habit of reading and start thinking about books that you and your little one can enjoy together as they get older! 

how to teach kids to love books

Choose a wide selection of books

Be sure to give your kids a wide range of genres and types of books to help them discover their favorites. This will help build their vocabulary and knowledge at the same time. Try getting books that are different formats. Include easy-to-read board books, comic books, basic chapter books and even nonfiction.

Reading is one of the primary building blocks to learning, and many topics are beautifully illustrated in nonfiction books aimed for kids. Look for things that will interest them like books about animals or about the country where you live.

Let kids start picking their own books when they’re little

Bring your toddler to the library or the bookstore with you and allow them to select a book that looks interesting to them. They’ll feel like a grown up because they are doing the same thing as you. Teach kids to love books by letting them get the books that they want. Additionally, you’ll see them maturing into little people as you watch how they make their selection. Don’t worry if all the books they are selecting are similar. You can still provide them with books that cover a wider variety of topics.

Teach kids to love books

Encourage independent reading time

Just like you encourage them to play independently, kids as young as five or six should have independent reading time. But don’t just hand them a book as a way to keep them occupied. Tell them to read for a set amount of time. Afterwards, sit down with them and discuss the book they’re reading. Talk about things they like and dislike, and ask them if they have any questions.

Teach kids to love books

For less eager readers, giving them books where the stories are visually driven will help to keep them engaged instead of feeling frustrated or that reading is a chore. Although you want to avoid incentivizing reading, showing them that you’re excited for the two of you to dive into a new book together will help them see reading as a fun activity. 

 

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Sources:

1 artsnsmarts.com/4-benefits-of-reading-to-your-child-from-an-early-age/
2 www.nytimes.com/guides/books/importance-of-reading

Also read: Reading accelerates more than just brain development in children!

Republished with permission from theAsianParent Singapore

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