My daughter is in the third year of primary school and has reading difficulties. Despite the fact that I talk to her about it and explain the importance of reading, she will excuse herself a lot. I can see he doesn't like reading very much. I don't know how to help her. He's doing well at school, the only problem is reading. I tried different ways, ranging from encouragement to scolding and shouting. How do you get her to read more? I am asking for advice on this matter.
In the age of television, children quite often give up reading books. This is because reading takes more effort than receiving your finished production. It's good that you're trying to encourage your daughter to go to literature. Reading activates the imagination which transforms words into pictures, sounds, smells and colors. If an eight-year-old child refuses to read, we need to find out why. There can be a number of reasons. 1. The child does not have sufficient knowledge of reading technique and the activity is too tiring for him. Fluent, reading aloud does not necessarily mean that your daughter has enough concentration to transform the sentences she has read (and even more so, larger pieces of text) into their content. Children have different attention span and ability to perform fluently thinking. In order not to tire the act of reading, a person has to mature enough and undergo enough exercises for the content of the text to reach him unnoticed. Try to see what it is like with your daughter. If he reads the text aloud, is fluent and can immediately tell the content, it means that the reasons for the reluctance to read should be looked for elsewhere. 2. Some children need a lot of exercise. Then they reject activities that prevent movement. Reading is one such activity. 3. Most often, however, children do not want to read, because the readings offered are boring and too long for them. In order for a person to enjoy the "company of the book", he must have a number of pleasant experiences related to literature. If you want to make your daughter interested in reading, try to reach for "extracurricular" works. Look for fast-paced, witty action, mystery, likeable heroes, etc. First, read for yourself and see if this might arouse your daughter's curiosity. Read an excerpt from it. If he becomes interested in the hero or the event, start reading the book together. Interrupt reading aloud at the mostexciting moments. There is then a chance that curiosity will force the child to read the rest for himself. Create an atmosphere of personal interest in the content of the book. Common laughter, amazement, following the events, the fate of the heroes, commenting on the content - in other words: experiencing together - increases the impact of the book. To start, choose books divided into chapters, each of which is a separate entity. Then the child does not have to read a large number of pages in order to know the (usually most interesting) ending. Search among younger kids' favorite characters. I think that you may be interested, for example, in the adventures of Harry Potter, Witch or the Nanny.
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Barbara Śreniowska-SzafranEducator with many years of experience.
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