Kids learn books differently, using all the methods available to them. As long as they do not know how to read themselves or while they read poorly, everything is important to them: the timbre of your voice, the way you pronounce the words, with what intonation and speed, pictures, plot. You are required to find those ways that most stimulate the baby's interest in reading.
Reading aloud - why is it so useful?
Your expressive speech helps the child to learn and learn new words, which speeds up the development of speech and enriches the vocabulary. The child's horizons expand, imagination is activated, and imaginative thinking is developing. And daily reading a child short poems, you stimulate the development of his memory, as over time he begins to repeat them after you and gradually memorizes them by heart.
Start reading aloud as early as possible
It is not worth waiting for your baby to pick up the book itself - it is better to start reading it as soon as possible. You can read books even for newborns. Of course, they are unlikely to understand what they are talking about, but they will begin to understand how the reading process is going and learn to listen. The child will distinguish between facial expressions and intonation, be aware of how they are associated with the text. In addition, upon hearing your voice, the baby will associate reading with positive emotions.
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Choose the right moment
Until the child himself asks you to read to him, you will choose the right moment on an intuitive level. Do not force the baby to listen to the book forcibly, otherwise the child will perceive it as torture. Even when you just pick up a book, the child may begin to act up, show negative emotions and even aggression.
If you notice that while reading the child began to be distracted, put the book aside for a while and do something else. Do not worry if the child periodically lost interest in the book - while it is difficult for him to concentrate on one lesson for a long time.
Home customs
Create your own home traditions and customs related to reading and separate them from other activities. For example, teach a child that books are stored on a separate shelf, are not toys, and they need to be treated with care.
Before reading, use the same “magic phrase”, which means that now is the time to read books. Perhaps the child will be more comfortable sitting next to you, or maybe you should put him on his lap. Thus, you are emotionally bonding with the child.
Take advantage of the opportunities
There are interactive books with voluminous images: locks grow in them, heroes come to life and move, painted people and animals can talk, laugh, meow, grunt, bark if you click on them. This is a great way to captivate the baby - tell him who is depicted on the page. But you shouldn’t get carried away with too interactive pictures - the process should not replace reading.
Reading like a game
Make a little presentation out of the reading process.You can imagine yourself and your child as heroes of a book. Read as expressively as possible, changing the intonation, timbre of the voice, read faster / slower for each character. It is difficult for a child to concentrate on monotonous one-voice reading, so connect emotions, change facial expressions.
Let the kid feel involved in the plot of the book. When reading, refer directly to the child in order to attract his attention and maintain interest in reading. If the text seems complicated to you, simplify it by retelling it in a simpler language for the child.
We reveal the preferences of the child
Over time, you will see which books the child is more interested in. He listens to some with pleasure, indifferent to others. This means that the child began to take reading more consciously. Carefully observe how he reacts to a particular book and for now read what he likes best. Show him that you are as interested in reading as he is.
How to read books to kids. Mom's school:
I started reading tales and short stories to my daughter from the age of 1.5, she liked and she listened carefully. With age, we began to learn the alphabet. And at first I accustomed to reading from pictures, bought books with a detailed description of pictures, and then switched to thin books with large text, little by little everything turned out. The main thing is to present this to the child as an interesting lesson.
I try to read my child in a low voice and in silence. We have at least one bedroom apartment, and my husband is also listening.