Regardless of our topic, the first thing I will say is "get to know your child." Know your child well, whom you want to acquire the habit of reading books. You can understand when, why and how your child can read what books only after you get to know your child, and then you can help your children gain the habit of reading books.
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Let's start with children who have not yet started reading. First, let's read fairy tales and then let's grow our love for books with our children through stories. You can explain the books to them by buying them books with lots of pictures and characters. The colors and figures in the books will increase children's feelings of excitement and curiosity.
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For children who have started reading, you should buy their books together. You can be a helpful guide while they choose a book. By following book fairs, you should introduce your children to the wealth of books and bring them together with readers and writers.
In order for a child to read books, his/her family must also read books. The child who leaves his room after hearing the sound when the television is turned on in the living room at home will leave his room again when he hears the peaceful silence while a book is being read. At first, your child will take your reading as a role model. As long as consistent attendance is maintained, regular book reading hours will be established.
While reading a book, you can talk by quoting from the book you read. You can tell each other about the books you read. You can organize trips to the places mentioned in the book that you like, or you can draw and paint pictures of these places or people together. You can go to the internet and research a word, place or historical event that you do not know.
Sample Activity for Book Reading Acquisition
They say that when a person prays, he should always do it in the same place, place, light, environment. He should be reminded of what he did and made to repeat it.
Isn't that the case with books? Even though we all like to research reading in different places, we have a book corner at home. For this reason, why not organize such an environment for children when even reading chairs, lamps and glasses have been produced?
They have created personalized book reading boats for children.
✏It was a good activity to develop the habit of reading books and to repeat reading.
✏Writing children's names on the boats will make children feel special. There will be an adoption just like how we secretly like having our name written on it when we buy coffee from Starbucks.
✏If your child does not know how to read yet, you can create such a basket or a boat and interpret pictures here, create stories with the pictures seen, and tell about the activities carried out, such as a corner. You can follow a path.
According to the research conducted by Kadir Has University, it was determined that 53 out of 100 people in Turkey do not read books. Our children will change this ratio in the future. First we should read ourselves, be a role model, and then shed light on our future...
I wish you days filled with your children and the lines and pages of books.
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