Reading stays forever –
Reading should be a lifelong affair with self. I started reading after my high school, earlier I used to read school books and magazines like tinkle, chotu motu, chacha chaudhary. Reading wasn’t developed as a hobby in me from childhood days and now that I am grown and an avid reader, I realised the importance of reading. So this post is mainly written for all the parents readers to create a reading hobby among their kids from the childhood days.
Whatever we learn in childhood stays with us till the last day of our life says experts. And yes it is true too because no matter whatever our age is we will never forget the flow of a,b,c,d ….z or 1,2,3,4 …. n it is by hearted by us. Similarly if we create a reading atmosphere for our kids from childhood days that will stay with them forever. In the post I am sharing few tips amd tricks from my own personal experience with the kids –
Tips and tricks to increase reading habit in kids –
- While talking to the toddlers talk to them about Fictional characters from books, tell them about their strength and superpowers. It can Hanuman, Little Krishna, Ganesha or even mowgli. By this the toddler’s will power improves and it gives wings to their imagination to be more creative.
- Do your kids sleep listening to a bedtime story every night ? Be creative while telling them stories so that they develop this as a habit. Using props kind of books are best for bed time stories.
- Don’t give them gadgets during Birthday and summer vacation, go for books. After seeing that they have some books as gifts they will surely check out the books.
- Take them to library on weekends and tell them about the author you read or loved in your childhood days.
- some of my favorite children author are Ruskin Bond, Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton, what I did is purchased the collection of bookish box set of these authors. The adventure based stories attract children a lot. I remember after reading secret seven series we all friends used to play our own secret Seven society game. It helps in growth of kids.
I have shared my experience here, hope it benefits the parent readers in some way and they can help their kids to become the readers of tomorrow. I would highly recommend reading Roald Dahl and Ruskin Bond books for kids.
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Great tips to be followed by everyone who want to develop the habit of reading in kids! Great blog! 🙂
Thank you , I am glad that you like it
Having a discussion about characters is very good tip. Nice article.
Glad you like it, thank you
Enid Blyton and Ruskin Bond were and are still my favourites! Amazing tips to inculcate enough reading skills!
Yay some authors can be read anytime irrespective of age
This is amazing! 🙂
Thank you Avni
Great tips. I’ve written on the same topic.
Thank you, which check your tips and tricks to improve reading in kids too
I love the ideas which you gave to enhance reading habits in kids. I also wrote about my experiences and my tricks which I use for my kids.
Will check them too. Thank you for visiting the blog
It is widely acknowledged that reading has many benefits. For one, it increases your child’s vocabulary, improves writing skills and is also known to boost memory. With so much to gain, cultivating the habit of reading is undoubtedly one of the most important gifts a parent can give a child. However, while reading comes naturally for some children, it may be a tough nut to crack for others. Nonetheless, parents should still try to cultivate a reading habit in your child, and it is important to do so while they are still young. This is because when kids start attending school, they may start to dread books for its academic undertones, and reading may start to seem like an arduous task.
I agree with gifting them books instead of video games. And visiting library is the best way to get your kids interested in reading.
Nice tips
To the point and helpful
Loved all the tips to increase reading habits in kids. Thank you for sharing them.
Our discovery to my child’s love for books was totally accidental. He is 2.5 now and I would use your pointers in the future. As of now, we have a library subscription and do a child-led reading.
You have given some amazing tips! thank you!
Pari xx
Good tips! I believe it is extremely important to inculcate a love of reading in children from the beginning.
Yes reading from childhood stays forever
Wonderful ❤ post. Really loved reading it
Good to know, keep reading
Great blog! Thanks for the amazing tips. They are really helpful. 🙂
Makes me happy to know this
Loved all the tips <3 Thanks for writing this!
Great to know
This is a great blog on a very important side of parenting!
Good to know, thanks for visiting
Bedtime reading is a very good point. It worked for us, right?!
All those fairytales and mythical tales at night kept us going.
Yes those were my favourite part in childhood