Children should be encouraged to read story books..!!!

Hi sagnik42! I agree that we should all encourage the young to read storybooks. It is something that not too many young people do nowadays. Many young people are very dependent already on technology. It is also one way to help them improve on their comprehension.

I totally agree. I used to read a lot and like you would get caught reading under the blanket at night. My older son loves to read...he was exposed to books quite early and always loved to read. He was reading moving scrolls on news channels when he was 4! My younger one who is now 3 was also introduced to books early...but this little fellow didn't like books and would close them shut everytime we tried to read to him or even tried to get him to look at pictures in books. But slowly we worked on it...started off with books that had things he was interested in...vehicles and then introduced him to the Pooh bear cartoons on television and introduced them as books. He now likes books and 'pretends' to read...makes up his own stories based on the pictures...and is slowly learning the 'phonetic' way. Hopefully, he will start reading classics when he reaches the right age. My older son who is 9 is reading a lot of the classics (we have a collection at home).

I guess with the change in time, story books are way behind now. It is not in the fad anymore, if you know what I mean.Children now learns the story in movies, dvds, tv, internet..no more books for them. I have 5 kids and they are not all so fond of books. I may see one or 2 of them reading a book but not that often. I often tell my kids that the stories in the movies are not complete and they should read the actual book for them to understand it more. I love books myself and I grew up with books. Our house is full of books and I see that no one reads them only I do. When I go to the mall I would rather buy a book than shop for clothes. I guess time moves forward and we are getting pushed back from our generation.

My daughter is still very young, but reading is one of her favorite things to do. I put her hard back books down in a container that she is able to open, right next to her favorite chair. Every day we read at least three books. She loves to just sit in her chair and look through the pictures. I think that it is great for children to read. I always liked reading myself, so hopefully I can pass on the love for reading to my daughter. I think that parents should encourage their children to read more. I think that they were learn a lot more from a book then they will ever learn from a video game. I think reading provokes the imagination which is what children need, not another brain washing video game. :) Happy mylotting.

I think it's definitely part of the parents' responsibility. My dad took it upon himself to teach me to read and write when I was 3. I was supposed to start Kindergarten when I was 4 and he thought I'd be behind the class if I didn't know how to read and write when I got there. As it was I didn't start Kindergarten until I was 5, almost 6 (my birthday is November 2 which is why I was going to start at 4...I'd have been 5 less than halfway through the year) and by then I had two years of practice and most of my classmates hadn't even started. *shrug* But I really jumped from those picture books that didn't have any words, just pictures, to chapter books...Babysitters Club, Boxcar Children, Choose Your Own Adventures....And I totally and completely owe my love of books and of reading to my dad. He made it important for me to learn when I was really young and I never looked back. That's not to say it's not possible for tweens and teens to learn to love to read. Figure out what they like (the kinds of movies they watch, the kinds of video games they play) and recommend books in that same realm. Personally, I hated Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn but I read every one of the Fear Street series. There are thousands upon millions of books out there, it just might take a little work to find something that works with their interests.

Yes, children need to read more. But we need to update our books. You can't expect us to read books that were written in our grandparents age. Let me explain that. Select children will enjoy that but with dialect they spoke then and the dialect we speak now it makes it very hard for us to understand the way that they are speaking and makes it very hard to understand. I think maybe if they made modern versions of the classics, I think children will be more apt at reading.

I definately agree. why would kids today read charlottes web when 2 movies are out? and this to me is sad as i remember when i could read charlottes web all by myself and that made the story more important to me. reading is magic and very imaginative and we need our kids reading moreso than surfing the web

I've set a good example for my kids. Children learn what they live. I'm an avid reader and they often catch me laughing or crying as I get caught up in a good book. I'm always going through book racks at the thrift stores and boxes of books at garage sales. If I stumble across a book I liked as a child; I pick it up for my kids. And that's a long list. They had a full bookcase before they were old enough to read. My 12 year old son can read at an adult level; especially if it's a subject that interests him. It's been a little harder to get my daughter into reading but I just have to find books that SHE likes - not that I like for her.

i know my parents were obsessed with me reading and i was reading by the age of 4 and continued reading till i was a teen then got into other things and now i rarely read books lol.. but at least i grew up knowing it was important and mastering it instead of having reading issues and like avoiding reading for the rest of my life

Good point. There are many good books. Instead of giving toys as gifts, give them a good book to read. Harry Potter books can be good to make children interested in reading books. However giving them non-fictional, character or building books would be better. Before that you need to ask yourself, 'have I read Ramayan, Mahabharata or Vikram and Betaal?'

i agree. and i believe that when children are exposed to books, they would naturally read. even if their parents do not. just as long as parents keep giving books to their children, that's the least they can do if they don't have time to read to them.

Yes, I do agree that books help to build strong, good character, however, we must learn to understand our kids and the age we're living in. It is our duty as adults to get with the time and produce good 'soft-copy' reading materials, equaling the quality of books and magazine etc. Not to make obsolete hard-copy versions but to understand the Information Age - technology driven; ebooks etc - and manipulate it to our benefit. Maybe, tell part the story through ebooks and just when the story gets exciting, offer the continuation through hardcopy versions - I don't know, just a suggestion. But whatever and however the use and combination, it is vital we understand the the turning of the time and how these coming generations learn.

I like to read story books when I was young.But now I don't like reading the books as before. Because most of information can get from internet.Even I can't spent a little time to read 10 pages. Maybe Internet give me a big change in reading habit.

hi....sagnik... how are u...i am fine..... an this is a very serious issue...now a days...there is bad trend going on and the trend is a very much harmful to the society and its spoiling it.now a days when a boy comes from the school...the immideaatly sit in front of TV and start his day.......and the parents also encourage it....but this is not good a child should have a minimum time of reading......and do this in.good manner...so my take is a child should be encouraged to reading.

Definitely. Reading is very good habit.It should be encouraged in children. Now in era of Gizmo's they are busy with gadgets.Book is like nothing to them.

I think the same thing. How hard is it really to get a child to read a book instead of watching tv. My parents read to me often when I was young and I got hooked fast and I can't put a book down now if I've got it in my hands until I'm done with it. I know there are books out there that are interesting and just wonderful things if they just read them. Heck, I still read them because I love the story lines they use.

I am a primary school teacher and a parent of three children. I did my a special and in depth study of children's responses to story books when I was at university. I was so lucky in that teaching placement that I was placed in a village school. I had 4 to 7 years olds all in the same class. The spelling of the 7 year old improved with all the reading that they did. The imagination of all the children improved. They loved to make up their own stories. By now I expect those children will still be fascinated bu story books. They will be much older, of course, but hopefully I gave them a life long love for literature. Once I had to write an assignment on how Shakespeare was suitable for 4 year olds. Children's literature is lovely and books like Tom Swayer could be enjoyed by grown ups as well as children.

There is a book called "The Read-Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease. I found this book invaluable. If anyone grew up not being read to by their parents, they may have questions on how to read to their children. This book covers it all. Even though my parents did read to me, the above mentioned book covered some areas that I was unaware of. Here are some of the chapters: 1-Why Read Aloud?, 2-When to Begin Read-Aloud, 3-The Stages of Read-Aloud, 4-The Do's and Don'ts of Read-Aloud, 5-The Home/School Connection, 6-Home and Public Libraries, 7-Television, 8-Sustained Silent Reading: Read-Aloud's Natural Partner, 9-How to Use the Treasury, 10-Treasury of Read-Alouds: Wordless Books, Picture Books, Short Novels, Novels, Poetry, Anthologies, 11-Notes, 12-Bibliography, 12-Author-Illlustrator Index to Treasury. This was the chapter layout of (I think) the third edition of this book. In checking out some book dealer websites, I noticed that this book has been recently updated to a sixth edition. My book is over 20 years old and still holds a special place in my heart for giving me a road map of how to do this. This book has so many good suggestions for books to read and why and how to read to a child. It is a good stepping off point if you don't know what to pick from for reading material. It explains different levels of reading and some of the pitfalls of reading to a child too far below or above their reading level. It gives ideas for each reading level. It has built our family into a family of readers. We have not given up the TV or video games at all but I find it interesting how most of us would rather curl up with a good book and choose books over TV or video games most of the time.

I totally agree with you that children should be encouraged to read story books. It adds to their vocabulary and helps them express themselves better. Reading make children be creative and gives them ideas of what to write in their compositions. Books are very useful for children who are learning a language. They learn how to spell and write words. Growing up I was discourage to read comics because they were not written in 'good English'. The only way to encourage children to read books is by creating curiosity in them. Take them to the library or just buy them books that interest them.

That is really true.Childrens now a days don't read a lot because of all of the technology.My son reads alot and it is crazy.We are at the library about every week so that we can go and get books for him.It is actually not a bad thing.