Promote the pleasure of reading in children.

On different occasions we have seen advice for our child to learn how read. But it is not the same to do things by obligation and to do it as pleasure. That is why, on this occasion, we are going to discuss some ways to help your child, not only to read, but to love reading, to see it as a pleasure. I will help you to promote the pleasure of reading in children.

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The formalisms do not get to the children , so do not use phrases like:

"Reading will make you be someone",

"Reading will increase your knowledge".

In order to promote the pleasure of reading in children we must touch their hearts and their imagination. Would you like to know how?

How to encourage the pleasure of reading in children

Make your imagination fly

As I have always said, if you set the example it is more likely that your child will have similar interests in reading. I have seen throughout my life, that of parent readers, children readers. If your child often sees you reading, it will not take long to ask why you like reading so much.

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Here is your opportunity to encourage the pleasure of reading in children! Make them see that with reading they can travel where they want, be who they want and immerse themselves in a world of endless adventures.

Ask them what they would like to be and make up a little story with it. Something that they love, that intrigue them and that makes them laugh. Then tell them that all this is what they can achieve with reading.

Encouraging the pleasure of reading in children will require a little time, perseverance and imagination. The latter will not be so difficult if you are a reader, but, why do not you dare?

Choose appropriate reading

Once you have blown their imagination and have alluded to their senses, the next step to promote the pleasure of reading in children is to choose suitable books for them. How to know which?

If you have already groped the terrain to know what your son is most interested in (adventures, being a princess, being a pirate, a prince or a horse), choose a book related to the subject. Do not drown the tastes of your child, if it is a girl and want to read about pirates, let her, if she is a child and she wants a fairy tale, let her have it. Remember that you told them they can be what they want. This is key to encouraging the pleasure of reading in children.

Once you have clear content, go to a bookstore and look for something related but always choosing a book with little content, large print and many drawings. This will make them get a taste for reading, because if you take something with too much text and few drawings, you may get bored quickly. You will have to go step by step.

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Choose active books, buy gifts of books about a large animal also their favorite animals and pets. I got a similar book as a gift That has little text, but on each page the farm was mounted with each of its leaves as if it were a scenario. I was just 4 years old. I will never forget that book and how it helped me to love reading, letters, words and language. Make one of these unforgettable gifts to your son. It is never too small!

Forget the devices. Buy books. In this age full of technology, fewer and fewer books are sold because they can all be obtained in different formats paying a small price on the net. But do not think that paper books are expensive, their prices have been reduced due to cyber competition. Downloading electronic books can make your child forget about other issues on the tablet. I am one of those who believe that a good book is read on paper.

The benefits of encouraging the pleasure of reading in children are many. Among the most important is that your child will learn to be entertained with something other than television, tablet or cell phone . It will fill their mind with knowledge and will blow thier imagination.

It has been a while since I began to write and every day there is someone who asks me where I get so many ideas or what career I have studied or what I intend ending up with. I always answer the same: "The career of reading, there is no better method of learning to write and have imagination and a mind awake than reading."