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Have you ever encountered a scenario like this:
You want to buy books for your children, go to Dangdang over and over again, look at a wide variety of books, and don't know where to start.
Take your child into the bookstore, the child's books are too much for you to be overwhelmed, you are faced with a variety of books, but you are dazed, do not know which one to choose.
The bookshelf in the study at home is full of books, but the child often complains to you, there is no book he reads at home, in the eyes of the child, there is no good book you buy, he does not like a single one.
Today, I will share with you how to focus on the following four aspects of the problem and find the right books for your children in the vast sea of books. When choosing books for children, we should grasp the following four points: 1. Pay attention to children's interests; 2. Pay attention to books in various categories; 3. Pay attention to excellent adult books; 4. Pay attention to the new book market.
First, choose books according to interests
First of all, to choose a book for the child, we must pay attention to the child's interest, according to the child's interest to choose.
Many children don't love to read because the books their parents buy him are not what they like.
As the saying goes, interest is the best teacher. Whether books are suitable for children depends on whether children like to read them. The purpose of choosing books for children is to let children read, and for children, the books they like can arouse his interest in reading.
Many times, when we choose books for children, we tend to be helpful to children's learning, is not the teacher's designated must-read books, many parents make up their own minds to buy a bunch of Chinese studies books for their children; sometimes parents rely on their own experience to buy books that they like to read when they were young, such as "Red Child" and "One Thousand and One Nights".
However, these books are only what we think of as "good books", and children are not interested, that is still useless.
Different people have different preferences, some like fairy tales, some like science fiction.
The same person, at different ages, will have different interests. When I was a child, I liked to watch "Ma Xiao Jump", and the older ones may like to watch "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Different genders, different preferences. Girls love Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and boys love The Old Man and the Sea.
But what is said above is not absolute. Petite and exquisite girls will also like "Sherlock Holmes" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Christie, and boys will also like "Dream of the Red Chamber".
So the question is, how can you understand your child's interest in reading? The best thing to do is to give the child the opportunity to choose freely, and then choose a book for the child according to the child's choice preferences.
If your child likes adventure, then choose "Robinson Crusoe" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and other adventures, if your child is quiet and likes beautiful and elegant writing, you recommend Mr. Lin Haiyin's "Old Things in the South of the City" to him, and Zhu Ziqing's prose collection is also very suitable. If your child is logical and likes to reason, then buy him Detective Conan.
The books that children like will always have more complicated situations, at this time we should guide him to drill in the direction of the depth of the "miscellaneous books" he likes. Next, let's talk about how to water the child's heart with miscellaneous books.
2. Select miscellaneous books
When choosing books for your child, pay attention to the categories of books. Choosing a variety of books in a variety of categories is conducive to children's acquisition of multifaceted knowledge.
Therefore, the types of books selected for children should be mixed. Miscellaneous books refer to books of different categories outside of literary books.
"Speech and Eloquence" can not only improve the ability of language expression, but also promote the development of thinking logic, and know how to look at problems from different angles.
The book "A Brief History of Mankind" writes that "a hundred thousand years ago, there were at least six kinds of human beings", and such knowledge will definitely give children the feeling of "Wow, I have increased my knowledge".
The requirements for talents in the future will not be one aspect, but also require them to have cross-border capabilities and integration capabilities. This ability to integrate comes from a small number of hours of extensive reading.
Mr. Lu Xun said that reading is like picking honey, and only by picking many flowers can honey be brewed. There is a wealth of knowledge in the miscellaneous books, which can bring children a variety of insights. Therefore, for children to choose books, the type of books can not be single.
If your child is fascinated by chess, you can send him "Essentials of Chess Layout"; if you like music, give him a copy of "Chinese Musical Instruments", and if you like military and mechanical, choose the "Modern Aircraft Appreciation Guide" for him.
We can also use life events to inspire children to read a variety of books. After watching Jurassic Park 2: The Lost Kingdom with your child, you can recommend the technology book Dinosaur World to your child; you can see the movie "Harry Potter" to your child. Potter" can be recommended harry. Potter" book; went to the Peng Dehuai Memorial Hall, you can recommend the character to transfer the "Peng Dehuai's Complete Biography".
In fact, every child will like different types of books, as long as we let go of our hands and feet, let the children choose books freely, parents will guide them a little, let the children read more miscellaneous books, from the quantity and quality of reading, improve the child's thinking, broaden the child's vision.
Miscellaneous books can water children's hearts from many directions, and excellent adult books can raise the height of children's cognitive, emotional and humanistic qualities.
Third, choose excellent adult books
Adult books are relative to children's books. Excellent adult books are beautiful in writing, there is praise for life, there is praise for the soul, and there is a longing for the hometown. Choosing excellent adult books will promote children's mental maturity and understanding the beauty of language and writing.
Many parents believe that they should not read adult books to their children, afraid that their children will be precocious and afraid that their children will not be able to read. In fact, our children can read adult books.
Children's books in the current book market are too traditional to meet the reading needs of today's children. Some children's books are vulgar, the pictures are exquisite, but the text is pale, such children's books are not only not conducive to the growth of children, but also destroy children's taste and poetry.
High-quality adult books are more responsible, and children can feel the charm of books. Such as Zhu Ziqing's "Spring", Lu Xun's "Hometown", Lin Haiyin's "Old Things in the South of the City".
The moms of excellent teenagers have one thing in common, and their children are in a variety of excellent adult books. These adult books we have to believe that our children have the ability to tiptoe up and read some books with a big vision.
In addition to good adult books, we also need to pay attention to new books.
Fourth, choose a new book
New books refer to books in recent years, looking at new books can make children's pace consistent with the times, while the new knowledge in new books is closely related to social life, which can cause children to pay more attention.
We live in an era of rapid development, and the books of each era are in line with the times. How the child does not know the current changes in technology, the future trend, he will feel confused. Therefore, it is necessary for children to dabble in cutting-edge scientific and technological books, representative books that keep pace with the times.
How do I discover a new book? Today is the information age, the network is accessible in all directions, as long as we position our focus as "new books", we can find the books we are looking for.
The most commonly used "degree lady" can help us. I enter "2021 New Science and Technology Book" in the search box to see the recommended five books in the first message, click to see, among which there are "Artificial Paradise" and "Kunpeng Spread Wings: Huawei Chip Story" suitable for children to read.
Douban can also find high-quality new book introductions suitable for children to read. Such as the science fiction novel "Harsh Moon".
The WeChat reading APP can also search for new books, "Does God Roll the Dice?" This new book, I found in the WeChat reading.
Of course, the books of recent years are also worth reading. After finding a new book, we can roughly understand the content of the book, so that we can find points in the book that are suitable for the child's interests, and we can better recommend the book to the child.
Today, we talked about the method of choosing books for children: first of all, from the child's interest to find books; the types of books should be mixed, not monotonous; excellent adult books can raise the height of children's cognition, we need to choose excellent, interested adult books with children; new books have the most cutting-edge cultural and scientific and technological knowledge, it can make children keep pace with the times, we have to understand good new books through various channels, and recommend new books to children.
I hope you can grasp the key to choosing books, find the right books for your children, and let your children grow up in the world of books.