Now many parents complain that their teenage children do not want to read books. Abundance of children's programs on television, the Internet, computer games – all this played a negative role. Information is given benign there. And reading demands some energy consumption, tension. How can parents impart to children love for reading?
Features of development of children at teenage age
At children at younger teenage age (9-11 years) the leading activity is training. It is the most informative age. It will be easier to accustom to reading, than at later age.
At the age of 12-15 years motivation at children not informative. The leading activity is communication. At this age children begin to study worse, lose interest in study. If development of the child takes place normally, then he will prefer to the book communication with peers. Many works of the school program difficult are also not interesting to children. These works in itself remarkable, but them you understand only with age. It does not contribute to the development of interest in the child in reading.
How to impart love for reading to the teenager
To impart love for reading to the teenager, you have to set a personal example. Any words will be powerless if you, having come home from work, sit down in front of the TV. To the contrary, if the teenager often sees the parents reading the book, with enthusiasm discussing works, any additional incentives can not be required at all. Define what interests the child. If the boy is interested in computers, pick up books about the computer worlds if he is interested in a fantasy, put on a foreground, kind of accidentally, the book by the American fantast Alana Dean of Foster according to whose works films "Star Soldiers", "Strangers" were shot. Read together with the teenager. Read before going to bed even if the child already adult, it will help to improve the relations and will give both of you great pleasure. It is possible to read on roles some comic work with a large number of dialogues. Play in "Guess", for example, you read the detective story together with the teenager, you stop on the most interesting place, you try to guess an outcome. You read up and find out who won. It is possible will appoint a prize. Reward reading. Agree with the child about additional privileges for daily certain volume of the text read to them. It can be extra time at the computer, a visit of movie theater for the weekend, etc. You go together with the child to bookstore. Children adore making purchases. Make it tradition. Let the child himself will choose to himself the book. Visit library, study the novelties appearing there. In libraries competitions, quizes are often held. Use audiobooks, e-books. Try to carry away the child maintaining the reader's diary. In it it is possible to write down the pleasant phrases from the book, to draw pictures, to paste the printed-out pictures, stickers. Advise the teenager of the book of the childhood, share the children's impressions about the read books. Allow the child to read in a bed. Tell him that he has to go to bed, or can esteem. Usually children choose reading. Do not force the teenager to read up the book up to the end if it did not become interesting to him. It is possible to carry away the child the interesting facts from life of writers. You give to the child of the book with a dedicatory inscription, kind wishes. In several years it will become a happy reminder on a home and close people. Never force the child to read violently. It you will discourage to reading in general. Your unconditional love, participation and patience will help to cultivate to the teenager interest in reading!