Speed Reading

Nobody actually knows when speed reading was first used, but it might have been a long while in the past. For hundreds of years, reading was the privilege of a small group of the most well-educated individuals in the world, the overwhelming preponderance of whom were monks and priests. This tiny, select group of men protected their privilege and were loathe to train the general public to read. Moreover, throughout those centuries there were relatively few books to read compared with nowadays. Books were also very dear as they all had to be written out by hand. Conceivably the only fact that has not altered is that the Bible was the most common book in existence and even now the Bible is the most popular book.

The world is quickly devolving into a place where individuals are slowly but surely giving up on books and becoming fixed in front of monitors or television screens. In such a world, parents must not fail to notice the importance of developing a zeal for reading in themselves and their children. Reading is a habit that should be established when the child is fairly young, so what can you do to promote this habit?

Well, there are a number of strategies you can employ, although one of the best to lead by example. Read with your child every day, even if its only for 10-15 minutes. Permit your child to see you reading. By this I mean, don’t only read in bed before you go to sleep, but in place of watching television from time to time and read your children a bed-time story. Encourage them to read too. You could also:

Register your child for reading classes, if you honestly don’t have any time or your child is a little slow at reading. There are many well-structured after school reading classes that aspire to make books more attractive to children. They help children with pronunciation, idioms and phrases. These lessons can be amusing with animated characters and pictures, especially for young children,. They often use picture books, rhymes, comical songs and short stories to enliven the imagination of younger children.

You will have to learn how to stimulate your child’s interest. If your child has a favorite character, pick a series of books that feature this character. Endeavor to encourage your children to read real books not comics. The language in comics typically leaves a great deal to be desired with its slapdash English and street slang. As an alternative, go for series of books like Harry Potter or Tarzan.

You should build yourself a library of your own books. This may sound a little impressive, but after all, a library is only a collection of books. Begin with a good-looking bookshelf that you can easily add to. A skill like reading cannot be learned in only one place, so you cannot afford to leave all the difficult work to the day-school or even the after school curricula. You have to collect books that you think your child will like too. Use the Internet as a resource for learning about the modern reading games that will attract little children to the excellent and ancient art of reading,

When you child is interested in reading for its own sake, you might read up on speed reading. Speed reading is best suited for informative learning and background reading. It’s immensely suited to cramming or studying for examinations. It is ideal for school and university. However, the first job, before you can think about speed reading, is to get your child reading in the first place.

Owen Jones, the author of this article writes on numerous subjects but is currently involved with Fear At School and home Schooling. If you would like to read more, please go over to our web site entitled Home Schooling.