Reading is not just about books, it’s about having fun in all kinds of places—places unimaginable. It is about how to spark the imagination of a child, how art and culture and related places can positively impact your child’s reading skills.
The first step to reading is to choose the right book.
Selecting something to read can be emotional. All of us have read books that leave us breathless and in a state of trance. But for kids, that feeling is escalated, because selecting the right book is a declaration of independence as a reader and a commitment to a new journey. These books should foster their imagination, expand their understanding of the world, empower and comfort them and should fuel start a lifelong love of reading.
Choosing a child’s book is a match-making process because not all children will love the same books. Choice of books changes with the child’s growth milestones.
Toddlers and babies are attracted by brightly coloured pictures of simple objects. They like to listen more and enjoy rhythmic and rhymic reading mainly by mothers.
For the next age group choose a book that you think you will enjoy. Put yourself in their place, think and imagine from their mindset.
There are some more tips which we can use to initiate our little ones in to the wonderful world of books. We will deal with all of them one by one in the other issues.