Watching how the child develops a love forbooks, any parent experiences satisfaction and joy. Of course: because the child discovers the opportunity to be transferred to other worlds, to master the company of literary heroes, fascinated by them. The kid is only at the beginning of the journey: how many interesting things he has to read! If the desire for reading is encouraged, the child will not only get an interesting leisure, but also a rich inner world, developed fantasy, speech and horizons.
Photo:Getty Images “I remember what pleasure I, 7, got from reading Enid Blyton's Valley of Adventure,” says Sadie Lewis, 39-year-old mom of 5-year-old Sam. - Now Sam starts reading his first school books, and I can hardly contain my excitement, watching the expression on his face when he understands which words are made up of letters, and from words - stories. He does not yet know what joys and discoveries lie ahead, he is only at the beginning of the path. But the anticipation of his discoveries is a wonderful feeling! ”As a child, I really liked Chukovsky's fairy tale“ Confusion ”. I was delighted with the fact that the kittens were tired of meowing and wanted to grunt, and the fact that all the animals were extinguishing the fire at sea with pancakes and mushrooms. It was incredible and a lot of fun! And of course, I was very pleased when my son liked this fairy tale so much that he learned it by heart, - says 30-year-old Anastasia Petrova. Of course, when we talk about a small reader, we imagine a child bent over the pages of a paper book. But just as technology is affecting the reading of adults, so is the reading of children. Western researchers state: more and more often in schools you can see children not with paper books, but with electronic devices. And although many parents are worried that children spend a lot of time at the screens of gadgets, the majority still thinks pragmatically: everything that teaches children to read and gives them pleasure from communicating with literature is good. Regardless of the format in which the book falls into the hands of the child.
For printing
And what about the children who do not know the world withoutcomputer thinking about screen reading? Is it so harmful, and if so, how do they themselves want to read books? This question was asked by University of Reading professor Ron Stainthorpe. She interviewed 50 children between the ages of 9 and 11. And although the results of communication with children will be published in 2017, the professor has already shared some of her findings. It turned out that the majority of children (60%) prefer paper books. Yes, children love the advantages of books - for example, the dictionary function (you can quickly see the meaning of a word), the ability to store many novels and stories in the gadget, and it's not at all as difficult as if I would have had to carry a stack of favorite books with them, but it turned out that most of all children love the smell of paper books, the feeling of turning the pages, and just the very ability to physically hold a book in their hands. It turned out that children like to select books by cover and see how many pages they have already read. In a word, children, like adults, in some circumstances like to read e-books, in others - paper.
For technology
A recent study by the NationalThe National Literacy Trust of Great Britain showed that children adopted e-books more positively, while reading girls and boys develop faster. Project manager Irene Picton shared some other results of observations. - The project lasted 4 months. We studied 468 pupils between the ages of 8 and 16 from more than 40 schools, "says Irene. - We paid attention not only to what and how many children read, we were interested in the attitude to reading. It turned out that, for example, the number of boys who felt that reading is "cool", doubled during the survey: from 34% at the beginning of the project to 67% by the end. The percentage of boys who were difficult to read decreased from 28 to 16%. And among the boys, who enjoyed reading least at the beginning of the study, the share of those who liked to read using modern technologies grew from 49 to 64%, the share of those who liked to read on paper grew from 10 to 40%.
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All means are good
Like paper, e-books area much more effective tool if parents sit down to read along with the child, "says Professor Ron Steinthorpe. "The potential harm from reading e-books is that we do not move much, but this is a common problem. And children need active rest. "In the end, the ability to read from the screen is a good practice for children with a low level of reading pleasure," says Irene Picton. - In 2012, the majority of children, responding to the annual survey of the National Fund, said that they first started reading from the screen, and not from the sheet. This confirms the leading role of technology in the formation of literacy of young people. But anyway, the main thing is that everyone has the option to start reading. Are you for paper or electronic books?
- It does not matter, the main thing is for the child to read
- For electronic - do not need to carry weights, at any time you can get a book and read
- Reading is both images, and tactile sensations, and the smell, only a paper book can really instill a love of reading
- I'll write my answer in the comments
Voted: 60Are you for paper books or electronic?
- It does not matter, the main thing is for the child to read 48.3%
- For electronic - do not need to carry weights, at any time you can get a book and read 18.3%
- Reading is both images, and tactile sensations, and the smell, only a paper book can truly instill a love for reading30.0%
- I'll write my answer in the comments of 3.3%
Voted: 60
