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Teach English in Jincun Zhen - Jincheng Shi

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Wouldn't it be great if everything we needed to know to be successful was written down somewhere for us? Well, it is. Virtually everything we need to learn to help ensure our success has already been written and is available in books. You have probably heard the phrase, "Readers are Leaders," quite often. The reason is because it's true. Readers are leaders because they understand that knowledge is the key to success and reading books is a great source of that knowledge. In fact, the only way a book can't help you is if you don't open it. Opening a book is like opening a window on a world of knowledge. That's why access to good books that cover appropriate subjects and that are written in an easy-to-read format are critical so you can access the benefits immediately. Most successful teachers believe that reading and practicing motivation, is like sleeping and eating, needs to be an everyday event. That's why teachers throughout the world make sure to get right books into the hands of their students on a consistent basis. In short, a books can help make child confident and help himself conquer the power of knowledge. But how to develop the love for reading in a child is a question face by every teacher or parents at a point of time. Does your child read every day, not because it’s assigned, but just for fun? Some kids do, and those are the kids who do better academically, at every step of the way. Children who choose to read independently become better readers. By middle school, most kids stop reading books that aren't assigned in school. What happens? The habit of reading never really gets ingrained in childhood. Kids love leafing through books as toddlers, looking at the pictures. But reading is hard work, and life offers so many other ways to entertain themselves that early reading often seems more like work than play. They never get to that delicious place where reading a good book is more fun than almost anything. So how can you inspire a lasting love of reading? 1) Read to your child from the earliest age: Buy board books and cloth books as some of your child's first toys. Carry them around with snacks. Create "cozy time," a ritual of connection in which you both associate love and cuddling with reading. Any time either of you needs a break, grab a book and read to your child. 2) Begin visiting the library regularly: By the time your child is two start and they may well prefer reading to any other activity. Use the time in the library to read to your child as well as to select books. Supervising a toddler and perusing bookshelves is always a challenge, select a right author and proceed. Librarians usually have a list of favorite books for various ages, and other parents and kids are always a good source of suggestions. 3) Don't push your child to learn to read: Most children learn to read naturally once they develop the preliminary skills. Your goal is not to help him sound out words, but to encourage a love of books. Teaching him to read may take all the fun out of reading. That feeling will last his whole life, and it won't help him like reading. 4) Read to your child as often as possible: This is very different from putting kids in front of a screen while they eat. Then, they stare at the screen as they unconsciously put things in their mouth. Being read to be more like listening to the radio; they can look at their food and savor it as they listen, glancing occasionally at the pictures you hold up. 5) Don't stop reading to him once he learns to read: Read to him every step of the way, for as long as he'll let you. Continuing to read to him will keep him interested as his skills develop. And it gives you lots of fodder for conversations about values and choices. He needs his parents to keep reading to him, to keep him fascinated with the secrets of books. That's what will motivate him to do the hard work to become a proficient reader. 6) Ritualize daily reading time: Set up a “cozy reading time” every day. This can be a perfect chill-out time after school, or after lunch in the summer. It’s amazing how motivated kids are to read if this allows them to stay up a little later. Approve it as long as it is spent in bed reading a book. 7) Help her tackle the next level: Pick a book she can read, but that is a bit harder than she might choose on her own. Read together until your child is hooked. Then tell her it's time for her read-alone time. It’s her choice. Does she want to keep reading the book you've just gotten her into, or read something else? Most kids grab the book and finish it themselves. Keep choosing engrossing, slightly harder books. 8) Read yourself: Role model. If they don't see you read, why should they? Discuss what you're all reading at the dinner table. Institutionalize family reading time, when a parent reads to the whole family. As kids get older, they can take over the role of reader, or the book can be passed around the circle. 9) Limit technology: There is no way a book can compete with TV or computer. Most kids, given the choice, just won't choose the book often enough to make it a habit. They’ll have developed other habits for relaxing, and reading will be something other people do. It’s worth limiting or even banning screen usage until reading is well-established. Research shows that reading to children and discussing the book as you read is the single best way to increase your child’s IQ and instill a love of reading. It’s never too later to start just let it be consistent.


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