Importance of reading in children and youth literature

The slides look at the importance of reading

1. The importance of reading FEBRUARY 2019

2. Reading Reading is an important part for the learning process Reading helps children understand the world around them: Exposed to various characters and culture

3. Should we teach children how to read literature? Literature is more experienced than taught Critical analysis of literature somehow destroys pleasure in it . Literature must be discussed. Through discussion with others who have experienced a book, new meaning can be effectively constructed T eachers should demonstrate how to read literature

4. Why do we need to read? Reading to learn to read Reading for pleasure Reading to enjoy vicarious experiences Reading to develop background knowledge Reading to understand Reading to understand who we are Reading to ponder Reading to appreciate Reading to engage in conversation.

5. Why do we need to read? Reading to learn to read To help learners learn to read, select books that are just right for independent reading or a bit challenging Reading for pleasure joy of entering an imaginative world pleasure and satisfaction of learning something .

6. . 3 . Reading to enjoy vicarious experiences Children's literature gives them a way to explore parts of the world they cannot or haven’t yet directly experienced. Some books allow you to: discover what it was like to participate in a historical event, live in a different environment, or survive hardships.

7. . Readers are able to better understand an event beyond their personal situation Young readers who love dinosaurs can find out so much more about them. Children who like martial arts can read a book with a main character who shares that enthusiasm, and learn indirectly about overcoming fear and solving problems.

8. . 4. Reading to develop background knowledge we read to inform ourselves about the world and important events 5. Reading to understand understand an event or person We experience others’ reality.

9. . This exposure to other lives increases our empathy and tolerance. One thing our world needs is more tolerance! By understanding another person's perspective, we are less likely to be egocentric (self-centred), or bully others.

10. . 6. Reading to understand who we are By exploring how characters solve dilemmas, readers can: reflect how they might respond to similar circumstances and thus come to know themselves better .

11. . There are increasing numbers of children who feel depressed about the world and their place in it. For them, positive messages in a children's book can inspire and give them hope. Children need dreams, and children's literature gives them wonderful dreams. Dreams , and hope, and stories about characters who aren't helpless make children feel less helpless themselves.

12. . 7. Reading to ponder explore ideas and beliefs about cultures or communities, to compare them with our own

13. . 8 . Reading to appreciate When we appreciate the quality of a book, o ften times we read and reread books for the pleasure. 9. Reading to engage in conversation Reading provides a rich experience and opportunities to exchanges ideas. Readers argue about characters and why he or she did something

14. . Open and honest discussion about literature also gives children a framework for later literature studies at school.

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