Kids are known for their friendships with many people as well as lot many things. We can’t ignore the patterns on how they arrive at their friends. Kids’ psychology is one of the purest forms of studies as the external influences are few in comparison with the grown-ups. As they grow up, many things and people add to the influential factors.
One of the amazing things associated with kids is their friendship and possessiveness with ‘things’ which may not stay as strong as it was as they grow older. Among those things that fascinate kids, Books stand apart for sure. It’s too interesting to know the reasons behind their obsession to keep books along. We try to explore some of those reasons along with other aspects of book reading, keeping kids in cognizance
Firstly, they see books as something new. They take them to toys and want to play around with as they carry them along. In the process of all that playing, they also understand that they can see through what is inside and read the same, if they are literates. They obviously pester moms to get them to the act of reading to prove that they know the game. Books are the toys in the play yard for a long time as they grow up.
Secondly, they want to imitate elders at home. This is a common trait with kids as they grow up. They think whatever the elders do at home is desirable and acceptable. They want to find out what exactly their grandparents are doing with the newspapers and elder brothers with their fat books around. The inclination starts by trying to understand what they see… and of course do the same on their own.
Thirdly, the tendencies to read on their own begin when they hit school. Not all kids are the same. They know what can save them from being disciplined and all that to do with etiquette. We often find kids reading the book taught by their favorite teachers. They believe they are happy reading or doing what their teacher wants them to. If they like it they do and if they don’t they take their own call on that.
Fourthly, as they get going with the school and graduate further, they often display maturity by reading books which are of serious kind often. Comics and trivial stuff has its place for sure, but they mean to display their maturity through the books they read. There are many proactive clubs at schools run by the students which are dedicated to book reading. The members of these clubs are often treated the matured among the lot. It's cool to have such things like assignment writing service to order in every minute you want. Even now a day’s children are smart in surfing and started reading through online library. Creativity starts budding at this stage and books really help the kids to nourish it at the right time.
Finally, kids get on to the research mode to verify thinking and so on. They want to see to themselves on what they heard of, it’s the inclination to verify and get the information right. Everything matures as the kids grow up and book reading is no exception. It’s important on the part of the caretakers not to disrupt the continuity. Books can take anybody home, especially kids as they grow up.
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