Do you want to travel without moving? Do you want to feel like a character in the story? Or do you want to learn more about a specific topic?
Are you curious to know more?
Do you want to learn new words?
Reading can equip you with all of this and more! If you're wondering why reading is so important, we're here to tell you why.
When a child sees something new, they become curious! They want to grasp it in their hands and touch it! This is how a young child's curious mind works. This is where a parent's role is crucial. It is the time to introduce them to items that will quench their interest. Colors, photos, words, textures, characters, graphics, and numbers are just a few examples.
Importance of Reading
A good book can be a friend for a lifetime. Reading never makes you feel alone. Reading is an important part of learning and comes with a variety of advantages. It is beneficial because it helps you generate more emotions, and makes you more knowledgeable, and imaginative. Reading reduces stress by 68 percent, according to a study done by the University of Sussex.
It aids in the reduction of tension and relaxation of muscles, allowing people to sleep better and stay healthy. It helps to increase your concentration level and make you more creative. Reading helps children to visualize more-sensory images improves, helps in better comprehension, and can imagine pictures while reading.
Wisechamps wants to provide children in elementary, middle, and high school with fascinating, intriguing, and engaging reading recommendations. The given references for the books, according to the grade level, are intended for parents, teachers, and anybody else who wants to purchase children's books.
The book recommendations are intended for use in classrooms, libraries, at home, and on the go. Each collection of children's books has been carefully selected to contain fiction and nonfiction books for children of all ages and abilities, including hesitant readers and the most gifted, with a focus on entertaining and thought-provoking reads. Let's look at some book references organized by grade level:
(Grade 1-2)
Reading from a young age aids in the development of a child's vocabulary and spelling. There are many books available that will help children to get bored or can be used as required reading. It is our responsibility to instill a love of reading in children by generating interest in the story's protagonist.
There is a range of inspirational and engaging books for emerging and more confident readers, including picture books, rhymes, books to share, and books suitable for first independent reading. There are also books to promote discussion, thought, imagination, writing ideas, and provide an impetus for creative art.
The example of books are:
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree
When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox by Jamie L. B. Deenihan,
The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann,
Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott,
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey.
(Grade 3-4)
Children can focus for extended amounts of time and have developed strong interests. It's also a critical period in a child's reading development. Children improve their reading comprehension, vocabulary, reading tactics, and self-esteem. When children are engrossed in literature, all of this occurs.
The few examples of books are:
Charlotte's Web (Paperback) by E.B. White,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl,
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner,
Big Move to a Tiny House by Jennifer Richard Jacobson,
Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord.
(Grade 5-6)
These grade level students can group their interests into genres such as fiction, non-fiction, horror, comics, short stories, and so on. This list of recommended reading books for children in grades 3–4 has been developed for elementary school students. There are books for all abilities, from easy readers to more difficult ones, that are fascinating and thought-provoking. Over the course of a year, these stories should motivate both struggling readers and more confident students to read.
The few examples of books are:
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling,
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt,
Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling,
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk,
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston.
(Grade 7-8)
These grade level youngsters can identify with the character and recognize a variety of engrossed and thought-provoking stories, including easy readers, captivating series, and more difficult texts. The emotional and social behaviour gets generated at this age. So they can easily understand the mind of the authors and relate it to the whole visual of the story.
The few examples of books are:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy,
Malgudi days by R.K.Narayan,
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank,
Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts by Katie and Kevin Tsang,
The Adventures of Harry Stevenson, Guinea Pig Superstar by Ali Pye.
Reading is a nutritious and pleasant activity that allows children to acquire new concepts at a young age. Small newborns have been found to love the sound of someone's voice, change facial expressions, and even attempt to replicate the phrases after listening to someone read. This practice is important since it helps children's attention spans.
Books teach children a lot of new things, which helps to channel their natural curiosity. It prompts people to inquire in their search for knowledge. The value of reading in a child's life cannot be overstated. Make it a habit to read to your child with plenty of expressions, and you'll be surprised at how much you like it as well.
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