Some kids have been found to be very fond with letters and interested in reading. If your toddler falls within the range of these cute babies, there are some steps that you can take to to support your toddler who likes to read:
Tips to support your toddler who likes to read:
- Start reading aloud to the hearing of the child as early as possible. Buy picture books that are colourfully designed and make the child go through them. This will help to draw their attention more on the books and increase his or her interest in books and reading.
- A regular and consistent visit to the library with the child will help increase his or her likeness to books and reading. As the toddler sees other children in the library reading, he will become curious and will want to know what the other kids are doing. In so doing, his interest in reading will increase and this will help him a lot in his reading abilities.
- Do not force your child to learn to read rather inculcate the reading instinct naturally in him. This could be achieved by reading to the child as often as possible. A good trick that might work well is reading to him during lunch or before dinner as you all wait for your spouse to come back home. Bed time story books are a good example of books that can naturally increase the likeness of reading in the child. So, you will do well if you get some interesting story book and read to him before he goes to bed. Always have it in your mind that your goal is to make him develop the preliminary reading skills and also increase his likeness to reading.
- Once this is done, the whole process will start to flow naturally in him and you will be left with less work to do, as you will observe that he will now be the one to remind you that you have missed a reading period with him.
- As the child gets fond to reading with time, you might think it is time you stop reading to him and allow him do all the reading himself. This is another bad decision as you might end up killing that reading likeness you have worked hard to create in him. Do not stop reading to him even if he has learned to read.
Guide him through every step of the way as he grows up, and remember, never force him; rather tactically direct him into enjoying the reading process all through. Read to him every step of the way, and make your reading interesting and interactive for as long as he’ll let you.
If you follow this simple technique, you end up achieving great result. Remember, it might not be very easy at the beginning, but as you persist and make your reading interesting and interactive as best as possible, he will come to enjoy it, thereby making the whole process easy for you.