Specialists in the development and education of children agree that acquainting children with books is from an early age. Be prepared for the fact that a child will tear up and spoil more than one printed edition before learning to read. From the age of 2-3 years, it is necessary to teach the baby the accuracy and thrifty attitude to things. The rules for handling the book should be repeated with the pupils of the primary school.
What should a preschooler know about handling books?
Almost all kindergartners are very fond of looking at books. It will be useful to remind them from time to time how to keep the book correctly. It would be superfluous to ask the children to turn the pages gently, trying not to jam them. Important rules for handling a book for preschool children are a ban on drawing inside a book, tearing out pages, cutting out pictures. If the child is often involved in the writing and workbooks, remind him that in some special publications you can draw, but in books for reading - you can not. For children, viewing and reading books is a separate activity. Instruct a child to postpone all other business and not take foreign objects, if he wants to look through the book pages.
Rules of book etiquette for a first-grader
Do not expect that entering the school will instantly make the child an exemplary and accurate reader. Remind the child that you can not play with books. Do not bend the open book in the opposite direction, in this position its binding can break. It is very useful to wrap the edition before reading in a special cover. Teach your child to use flat bookmarks and remind that even "for a minute" you can not put a pencil, pen or other large object between the pages. Separately, we should discuss the rules for handling a book taken from the library or from one of the friends for reading. With this book should be treated very carefully. If the publication fell into your hands with some noticeable problems, be sure to try to improve his condition before reading. Glue the spine or fallen out pages, erase the marks made in pencil, even the student himself can without the help of his parents.
Secrets of safe reading for good guys
The rules for handling a book for children must necessarily include tips for organizing safe reading. Before you take a paper edition in your hands, they need to be thoroughly washed and wiped dry. There should not be anything on the desktop that could stain the book. Read while eating or lying is not recommended. The rules of dealing with the book must be observed in order not to spoil it. Try to teach the child to turn the pages over the upper corners. And remind that licking your fingers while doing this is unacceptable. It is necessary to read with proper lighting, ideally if the light is directed from above or from the left. The optimal distance from the book page to the eyes is at least 30 centimeters.
How to apply the rules? Variants of memos that you can easily make with your own hands
It is difficult to find a teacher or parent who has the patience to repeat the rules of reading and handling books every day. Try to make small posters or illustrated lists that can be placed in visible places. How should the "Book Handling Handbook" look like? For a library, a classroom or a kindergarten group, it is most convenient to make a poster with illustrations. Images depicting permissible and unacceptable actions can be printed on a printer or painted with children. Be sure to use color and bright illustrations, they will attract the attention of children. For the house, you can make a small memo on the album sheet and hang it over the first-grade desk. Spend a creative activity with the child, suggest together to remember 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 handling printed publications. What to write in such a short memo? It will be enough 2-3 basic rules:
- When reading, carefully leaf through the pages.
- Do not paint in a book, do not tear 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 verse or songs are very well remembered. For example:
"I'm a book, I'm your best friend!"
I'm afraid I have very dirty hands!
Clean palms cleanly,
Me, look, do not freeze! "
Or:
"Every schoolboy should know:
You can not turn the pages!
Use the bookmark when you read,
With it, you will not lose the page! "
Try to regularly remind the child of the correct organization of reading and careful attitude to things. And then the schoolboy will learn to treat books with respect and really love them.