10 keys to encourage reading in your children

The reading It has endless benefits, especially if it is a habit that is cultivated from an early age. Reading empowers the imagination, helps the child to learn, to have fun alone and favors our ability to concentrate. However, as the study of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) has revealed about the reading habits of Spaniards, more than 35% of the Spanish population reads nothing or almost nothing.

To awaken interest in reading in children it is necessary to start reading with them since they are very young. Specifically, Sergio Díez, an expert in Reading Animation and Librarian at the Brains International Schools school, explains that "fostering this habit of leisure and growth at home should be a task in which all the members of the family are involved. to be understood as a form of leisure suitable for any age and must become part of the day to day of the whole family.


10 keys to develop our children's interest in reading

To develop children's interest in reading and help to reverse this situation, the school's pedagogical team Brains International School offers a decalogue of tips to inculcate and encourage a taste for reading also at home.

1. Freedom of choice. The child has a critical capacity and should be left to choose the books he wants to read. Imposing is a bad way to encourage reading. It is advisable that parents propose to their children books that feed their curiosity, but at no time can they be forbidden or forced to read one book or another.


2. Do not impose reading. In this aspect you have to be assertive and play with the reward to encourage reading. Forcing the child to read a certain time each day will only encourage the child to abhor reading and not contemplate it as a hobby or hobby.

3. Understand reading as a game. A great difficulty when it comes to encouraging reading has been that books have always been related to the academic world. Teaching the friendly and playful face of the books and letting the child access the world of reading on their own is the best way to promote their concern for it. Reading should be a pleasant act.

4. Read in creative spaces. It is advisable to set aside the room desk and look for places that feed the imagination. Libraries are an ideal place to read, study, but we can not forget that parks and other open spaces are also perfect to enjoy a book, always better in the company of parents.


5. Establish a daily routine. Find a space and a daily time for the child to dedicate to reading, such as before going to sleep or right after the snack. Creating a habit and making the child link that time to enjoyment is the best way to enhance reading.

6. Open the doors to digital reading. Reading and the digital world are becoming more and more linked, with the arrival of tablets and mobile phones the interactive books in which the child builds his own story. We must try to adapt to new technologies and consider that paper and electronic ink are able to coexist perfectly.

7. Encourage enjoyment. Reading can be seen as a way to enjoy and the widespread idea that reading is a form of solitary leisure has to be banished. Making field trips to read, go to the park or take advantage of Sundays in the morning to read all together on the sofa are small gestures that both large and small will enjoy and that will help us encourage reading at home.

8. Be interested in your reading. The best way to get involved in the reading of our children is to be proactively interested in their favorite titles, characters and genres. Interested in their readings, we encourage our son to continue reading and to feel appreciated.

9. Boost your imagination by encouraging you to write your own stories. With reading the imagination is triggered and the best way to give vent to this creativity is to promote the child feels writing. In addition, with this type of activities, children improve other aspects such as creativity, grammar and spelling, making their learning something didactic and interactive.

10. Lead by example. The example is the best way to promote the reading of the little ones. The children look for examples to look for and the first models to follow are at home, not only in the parents, but also in the other members of the family.

Sergio Díez Expert in Animation to Reading and Librarian at Brains International Schools

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