Kids learn best when they are having fun. One of the best ways to get young children to start adore reading is by incorporating some kind of fun elements which interest the kids most into reading. While knowing that every child is different and unique, each of them gets to learn at their different pace and momentum.
Here are some of the key tips of how to get young children to start their reading habits:
Tips for babies from 0 to 12 months:
- Board book full with color pictures and drawings of all sort will attract babies of this age more than anything else.
- They especially adore pictures of babies and animals. Through these board books, babies at this age recognize pictures and colors and where they might not be able to read out those words in the board books, but definitely they will learn what are these pictures meant.
- Pictures with bright colors attract their attention more, colors such as Red, purple, and Orange are their favorites.
Tips for toddlers from 12 months to 36 months:
- Board books with simple wordings and sentences beside each picture trying to describe the situation and the meaning of the pictures are best used by toddlers of this age.
- As most toddlers gets to walk steadily around the age of 15 months old, a good board book which is light and easy to carry around is preferred.
- At this age, the most preferred reading books for them are books with all types of animals and fruits, human actions and things which they can easily find and see in their homes and nurseries. Simple rhythms would be something of their liking as well such as ‘Humpty Dumpty’, ‘Jack and Jill’ and many more simple but yet famous rhythms of all time.
Tips for preschoolers from 3 to 5 years old:
- At this age, a book that tells a story can be appreciated by these young readers as they are mature enough at this age to understand the meaning behind each of the story.
- They usually adore books about great heroes, little angels, Harry Porter, books of great adventures, books about making friends, books on going places such as to the zoo and circus, visit an old town or a new school with the family, attended a good friend’s birthday party. Books of happening such as lost in a busy shopping complex, a road accident or on examples of kind deeds such as an honest boy who earned his rewards for honesty, helping an old lady crossing a busy street and love small animals are also some of the hot favorite of young children ranging from 3 to 5 years old.
- Books which encourage story telling are also high in demand. Young children at this age adores animation and acting the role while trying to relate the story telling to the crowd is something which children at this age can be trained on.
