She emphasized that it is an important factor that helps build a distinct personality
Creative Thinking Coach: Reading stories to children builds a book-loving generation
In the early years, books can be presented that contain simple pictures and information that suits the child's perceptions.
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Haya Al-Qassem: "Mothers can start by reading light stories to their children in the fetal stage, especially in the sixth month."
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The writer and trainer of creative thinking for children, Haya Al-Qassem, emphasized that reading stories to young people, from an early age, contributes to building their personalities and nurturing them, to be a generation of book-loving readers, stressing the need for stories directed to children with dimensions that instill value or reinforce or modify behavior.
During a virtual session organized by the Dibba Al-Hisn Public Library, affiliated to the Sharjah Book Authority, under the title: “Standards for Reading Children’s Stories”, Al-Qassem discussed the most important standards for reading for children and the target ages, and the methods to be followed in order to build their personalities and raise them, so that they are a book-loving generation of readers.
She said that reading is an important factor that helps build a distinct and different personality among children, but parents and teachers should pay attention to the necessity of choosing topics and books that suit the child's age and perception, and not to mix or randomly deal with the matter.
Al-Qassem continued: “Mothers can start by reading some light stories, and talk to their children at the fetal stage, specifically the sixth month of pregnancy, when the sense of hearing has completed in the fetus, this behavior contributes to the impact on the child's personality in the future, as studies have indicated that mothers who They read to their children at this stage, and they realized at the age of a year or a year and a half, that their child is ahead of his peers by stages, as he has terms and a vocabulary to give him a personality, through which he can easily express what is on his mind.
She stressed the need to provide books that suit the ages and preferences of children, since each age group needs a specific type of books that contribute to drawing their attention towards the content of the story, pointing out that choosing a book, with the appropriate standard for the age group, contributes to loving and accustoming the child to dealing with him. .
Al-Qasim explained: “Newborns up to the age of three should not be given paper books or hard or fabric covers, but cards that include simple pictures of their surroundings should be read to them, preferably in black and white, and free from contrasting colors. In order to gain their focus and not disperse them ».
And she continued: "The most appropriate option for children from six to nine months old is to present them with cloth books, as they will tear the papers and will not benefit from them. It is desirable from time to time to give them the opportunity to feel the papers and touch them, in order to establish a relationship with the paper book in the future."
And she continued: “Hard-cover books can be presented, which contain simple pictures and information appropriate to the perceptions of the child at the age of one year, because his muscles at this age stage are stronger, until we reach a period of three to six years, during which the child can be given paper books that contain "In large part, on pictures, a few words, and saturated colors, they contribute to the development of his imagination and establish a strong relationship with the book."
She noted that it is important for children’s book illustrators to care about the ages of children, and to provide them with topics that suit their imagination, thought and age, and draw their attention to the plot of the story, as the works must have clear and direct ideas that express the content of the work, and we cannot provide children with random drawings without a goal. .
Regarding the importance of dialogue with children after completing the stories, Al-Qassem emphasized that discussing the child about the content of the story, and listening to his opinion about it, enhances within him self-confidence and leads him towards refining his creative and imaginative skills, adding, “There is a mother who is a nanny and a teacher, the first plays her natural role towards The teacher is the one who instills a love of knowledge and writers in them, so that in the future they will be able to effectively express what is going on in their minds.
Pick convenient times
The writer, Haya Al-Qassem, called for the necessity to allocate appropriate times for reading, and not to intensify it for children, and for parents to pay attention to listen to the opinions of their children after the completion of the story, since this matter contributes to refining their characters and awakens their imagination, noting that silent books have an impact in this regard, as they contribute to Draw the attention of children to the plot without being guided by words, and the creative creativity in which reading plays an essential role arises in them.
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