What to read to children?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

"Studying was for me the main remedy for the boredom of life, and I did not have such grief that did not dissipate after one hour of reading," Charles Louis Montesquieu once said. And in this I cannot but agree with the great Frenchman. Even in our computer age obsessed with scientific thought - without books? No impossible! Night gatherings with textbooks, tabloid novels in public transport, fashionable novelties, a little boring, but still close to the heart of the classics and, finally, those rare, read out to cover, created, it seemed, especially for you … And it all started simply - with a quiet melodious the voices of your mother reading your first children's book.

Caring parents tortured teachers and psychologists with their questions: what to read to childrenwhich book to choose, how much time to spend reading. But few people ask why, in fact, is it necessary?

Reading is one of the main ways of teaching and developing children, says the teacher of the Department of Preschool Pedagogy, Skulyabina Maya Nikolaevna:

This is not only entertainment, a way to calm the baby down, but also learning. Here and a conversation on the topic, and looking at pictures, and recitation, and singing. The child develops vocabulary, correct pronunciation, and develops auditory attention. In addition, having learned a word by ear and correlating it with a graphic image, he learns to read himself.

Psychologically, this is, of course, a closer connection with the child, a new relationship according to the "teacher-student" scheme. Your baby begins to see in the parent not only a close person, a protector, but also a mentor who shares life experience with him.

A child should start reading in infancy. During this period, the baby learns to use the five senses that are responsible for the perception of the world, including the organs of hearing and vision. Looking at the bright pictures develops the optic nerves, and the mother's soothing voice forms the listening habit. This is where the question arises: what to read to children?

With age, we forget our own childhood, so choosing a book for a kid sometimes becomes an overwhelming task. From the abundance of multi-colored covers in stores, eyes run up. Where to go for advice? To the library, of course!

The librarian of the children's department Kulikova Elena Aleksandrovna tells about the peculiarities of children's literature:

When a child is brought to us for the first time, he is as if enchanted: "How many books!" He wants to touch everything, hold it, take it home. But here's the trouble - we can give literature to the house only with the permission of the parents. We usually recommend taking the following books:

- Bright, colorful, thin, with large clear letters and many illustrations - for the child himself. This book is intended for lessons with a kid, teaching reading, new words, concepts.

- The book is thicker, for mom - the one that you will read to your child before bedtime or at any free time. It is necessary that YOU like her too.

- Play aids for preschoolers - for example, "Children about animals", "I'm walking across the road", "Colored poems", etc.

· Literature for parents, containing advice on the development of children.

- The one that the child liked - no matter for what reason.

But even a new colorful book runs the risk of being thrown into a far corner, because it seemed to the kid too complicated and therefore unbearably boring.

The head of the Firefly kindergarten, Galina Borisovna Tsvetkova, explains how to choose a book that matches the age of the child:

It is important that the content of the book meets the capabilities of the little man. If he, poor, is tired, not in the mood, or simply does not perceive what he has read, no study will work. Sometimes ambitious parents urge the child on, read more "adult" books to him, because "The Petrovs do it." This usually results in an overt disgust for books. After all, what seems like a small step for a mother is almost like crossing the Universe for a child.

Early preschool age (up to three years)

we usually read poems to children, nursery rhymes, Russian folk tales. Fairy tales at this age should be short, with a repetition of the main line and the addition of new information - "snowball". For example, "I left my grandmother, I left my grandfather", "Who lives in Terem? - I am a mouse, I am a frog, and so on." Poems - a must, both familiar from childhood "They dropped the bear on the floor", and modern authors (books of children's publishing houses "Dragonfly press", "CH. A. O. and K0").

From the age of four

these are our classics - Mikhalkov, Chukovsky, Oster, Marshak, Barto. The works of Pushkin, as well as fairy tales, travel fairy tales - by the brothers Grimm, Andersen, Hauff. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find a book by any contemporary Russian author writing for this age. Magazines come to the rescue, for example, "Children's reading for the heart and mind" (ed. "Uniserv").

However, the main thing in reading to a child is not WHAT you read, but HOW you do it. It is not necessary to be a professional reader - it is important for your baby to hear her mother's voice, especially in the first months of life. But nevertheless, one cannot do without some reading rules.

-- First -. This time belongs only to you two. Sit back, take a deep breath. Make sure that the kid can see the text and illustrations for the book well.

-. Sometimes he is so captured by the plot that he wants to quickly find out the end of the tale, he turns the pages himself and almost does not pay attention to the pictures. On another occasion, he seeks to discuss what is happening, comment, and asks many questions.

- so that the kid has time to follow the course of history. Try to read in different voices, by role.

- If the child sees the book not for the first time - ("Who is this?", "What is it called?", "What is he doing?"), Ask to continue the sentence. This will help to find out how much he understood the plot of the book.

- And finally - from communicating with your baby!

If you plunged headlong into household chores, and your three-year-old daughter brought her favorite book ("Mom, come on!"), Look away for a minute and spend some time reading. There are no schedules for this activity. However, be sure to read to your child at least three times a day - in the morning, after lunch, before bedtime, depending on age - from 15 minutes (for the smallest) to an hour (five to six years).

Remember that boys often think of reading as a "girl's activity" and lose interest in reading as they get older, so it is important that dad or grandfather also work with the baby at least a couple of times a week.

Do not stop reading when your child has learned to recognize words on his own. The soothing voice of a parent, communication, intimacy - everything related to reading is important for the baby, helps him feel needed, loved.

One of my acquaintances considers this occupation a useless waste of time, not realizing how much she is losing. Why read aloud to your baby? Here's a weird question. Why then play with him, teach him to speak, hug him when he is upset, and rejoice with him when he laughs? Why spend more time with him - he will grow up without your help. But what will he become? Reading to your son or daughter, you not only discover with your child a huge, unfamiliar and such an interesting world, you tell him: "I am with you and will always help. I love you so much." He understands that he is surrounded by warmth and care. And no matter how important what to read to children, the main thing is to surprise them with precious attention. And this is what is called a happy childhood.