Cultivate reading habit

August 10th, 2008 at 13:20 · Filed Under Blogging, Days in My Life, Education, Family 

Dmitry is able to read some Peter & Jane’s books. He has done reading some of the books. We got some more books this morning at the bookstore. Three books by Enid Blyton. Well, perhaps it is too early for a six year old to begin with Enid Blyton but I think it is not too early. First, it is good cultivating a good reading habit at early stage. Second, it is time to introduce books with less illustration.

Enid Blyton’s books can be boring for a six year old without too much illustration. All the illustrations are in black and white, no color. In my opinion, the earlier to start off with more text will train a child’s critical reading skill. He may not understand too much at the start but eventually his mind will become more receptive.

Here are the three books we bought.

Blyton’s books often mirrored fantasies of young children leading their minds to imagination and to explore. Although I only read one or two of her book during my younger days in school, I like Blyton’s because of her unique presentation of stories with fantasies and allow imaginative freedom in young children. Her books will help improve children’s imagination and provoke critical thinking as well.

Well, let see how Dmitry moving along this direction.

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2 Responses to “Cultivate reading habit”

  • Pragmatic Revelations : Dmitry had a great start on August 11th, 2008 11:01 1

    [...] Dmitry on reading books of older children like Enid Blyton. We bought some of Blyton’s books yesterday to cultivate reading habit. This morning while he was waiting for me to get ready to send him to [...]

  • M on August 16th, 2008 22:11 2

    Can you please scan a copy of the inside of the book so I can see what Enid Blyton book is about? She is an English author and I remember reading them when I was young, probably after kindergarden but they were more adventure/mystery stuff.

    I thought I would buy him books by American authors but I need to know what level of difficulty he is reading. I told you about the books, “The Magic Tree House” series. I think it will be great fun for the boys and their friends if they are reading books that level.

    Thanks.

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