Specialists in the development and upbringing of children agree that it is worthwhile to acquaint children with books from a very young age. Be prepared for the child to tear and ruin more than one print publication before learning to read. From 2-3 years old, you should teach your baby neatness and a thrifty attitude to things. The rules for handling the book should be repeated with primary school students.
What should a preschooler know about handling books?
Almost all kindergarteners are very fond of viewing books. It will be useful from time to time to remind them how to keep the book right. It will be useful to ask the kids to carefully turn over the pages, trying not to crush them. Important rules for handling a book for preschoolers are a ban on drawing inside the book, tearing out pages, cutting out pictures. If the child is often engaged in copybooks and workbooks, remind him that in some special publications you can draw, but in reading books you can’t. For children, reading and reading books is a separate activity. Teach your child to put off all other affairs and not to pick up objects if he wants to flip through the pages of books.
Book etiquette rules for a first grader
You should not expect that admission to school will instantly make an approximate and accurate reader out of a child. Remind your child not to indulge in books. Do not bend the open book in the opposite direction, in this position its binding may break. It is very useful to wrap the publication before reading in a special cover. Teach your child to use flat bookmarks and remind you that even "for a moment" you can not put a pencil, pen or other voluminous object between the pages. Separately, you should discuss the rules for handling a book taken from the library or from someone from friends for reading. This book should be handled very carefully. If the publication fell into your hands with any noticeable problems, be sure to try to improve its condition before reading. Even a schoolchild himself can even glue a spine or pages that have fallen, erase marks made with a pencil, without the help of his parents.
Secrets of safe reading for good guys
The rules for handling a book for children must include tips for organizing safe reading. Before picking up a paper edition, they must be thoroughly washed and wiped dry. There should not be anything on the desktop that could stain a book. Reading with food or lying down is not recommended. The rules for handling the book must be observed in order not to spoil it. Try to teach your child to turn pages around the top corners. And remind you that licking your fingers is unacceptable. It is necessary to read with proper lighting, ideally if the light is directed from above or to the left. The optimal distance from the book page to the eyes is at least 30 centimeters.
How to make out the rules? Options for hand-made reminders
It is difficult to find a teacher or parent who has the patience to repeat the rules of reading and handling books on a daily basis. Try making small posters or illustrated lists that you can place in visible places. What should the “Book Handling Rules” memo look like? For a library, classroom or kindergarten group, it is most convenient to make a poster with illustrations. Pictures depicting acceptable and unacceptable actions can be printed on a printer or drawn with children. Be sure to use colorful and vibrant illustrations, they will attract the attention of children. For home, you can make a small memo on the album sheet and hang it above the desktop of a first grader. Spend a creative lesson with your child, offer to remember together all the rules for handling books and sketch them. An interesting idea is to make bookmarks for reading from cardboard, with a brief instruction on how to handle print media. What to write in such a small memo? It will be enough 2-3 basic rules:
- When reading, carefully flip through the page.
- Do not draw in the book, do not tear the sheets.
- Read at the desk.
Try to make a whole set of bookmarks with different rules and use them for all textbooks. The rules for handling a book in poetry or songs are very well remembered. For instance:
"I am a book, I am your best friend!
I'm afraid of very dirty hands!
Wash your palms clean,
Look, don’t mess with me! "
Or:
"Every student should know:
Do not bend pages!
Use a bookmark when you read,
You won’t lose a page with her! "
Try to regularly gently remind your child about the correct organization of reading and respect for things. And then the student will learn to respect books and truly love them.