"Reading should not be
presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a
precious gift." — Kate DiCamillo
It’s amazing how reading can change
the life of an individual. We are yet to know of any positive man of influence
in the whole wide world who didn’t read and earnestly seek for information.
Therefore, the most powerful gift one can give a child is the ability to read
and enjoy books.
Did you know that.....?
Reading to your children at least
up to the age of ten (10) helps to sharpen their skill of imagery and questioning
which are very crucial strategies for reading comprehension?
Children who are read to and who
love reading tend to write better. They find it easier to write good essays,
books and keep diaries than children who don’t?
They know and have a clearer picture
of what they want to be in future earlier in life than others who don’t read or
read their school books only?
Children who are exposed to books
are sharper, outspoken, brighter and more inquisitive than their peers who do
not read?
Reading helps children keep calm
and focus better?
One of the secrets to getting
your children to be lovers of books is to let them choose the books they want
to read. Maya Angelou understood that when she said “any book that helps a
child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and
continuing needs, is good for him”.
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