Second, the choice of books is also very important. Parents must choose books that meet their children's cognitive ability. Some parenting experts say that in children's eyes, books have no simple or difficult concepts, and everything can be read to children. But this statement is wrong. Only suitable for mechanical memory, such as reciting Tang poems and three-character classics. No matter what you recite, children don't understand what it means. But reading involves cognitive understanding, so you must choose books that are similar to your child's understanding ability. Think about it, when we were at school, we were still sleepy when we didn't understand in class. Of course, children didn't want to read books that they didn't understand. Therefore, when choosing books for children at the beginning, we must choose books with weak stories, short sentences and easy understanding. It would be better if there are cave books, pop-up books and other books that need children to start work, so as to arouse children's interest.
Third, it is necessary to limit the time and content of children watching cartoons. The sound and light effects of cartoons are good, and they must be very attractive to children. Watching some high-quality cartoons properly is helpful to improve children's cognitive ability and language ability. However, many studies have proved that watching TV for too long will not only affect children's eyesight, but also reduce their vocabulary, shorten the duration of attention, and even make them more aggressive when they grow up. Therefore, this paper suggests that children under 3 years old should not watch TV for more than half an hour. Moreover, parents can show their children more English cartoons, because children themselves use Chinese in their daily lives. Watching more English cartoons can also help them learn some English expressions.
In addition, there is a good way to make children less addicted to watching TV. That is, when parents choose, it is best to choose cartoons with corresponding picture books. For example, if children like watching Donald Duck very much, parents can buy a set of picture books of Donald Duck, so that children can get in touch with their favorite cartoon images when reading books, and they are not so fascinated by TV.
Fourth, when reading to children, there should be vivid and interactive demonstrations. The first is the most basic requirement of reading. Your voice must be full of emotion and cadence, otherwise how can children like to listen to you? Secondly, when there are some difficult-to-explain verbs in the book, parents should find ways to "act them out" for their children. For example, when reading English picture books, you can touch your child's head when reading "I love you above" and touch his ass when reading "I love you below". After the child understands, when you read "I love your hair and eyes", you will touch your hair and eyes well.
In fact, in addition to these, step by step and perseverance are the most important. Reading to children for half an hour every day sounds easy, but it's actually a manual job. You see, you are thirsty after talking for half an hour, and you often have to read books over and over again. Persistence requires perseverance.
To sum up, how can we make children fall in love with reading? First, reading should be started as soon as possible, whether the child understands it or not, just to make him interested in books; Second, parents should choose books that meet their children's cognitive ability; Third, it is necessary to limit the time and content of children watching cartoons; Fourth, when reading to children, there should be vivid and interactive demonstrations. Finally, it should be remembered that parents' persistence is particularly important when children develop reading habits.