Some of the efforts that we can do to foster interest in reading in our children early on are:

1. Read the books since the child was still in the womb

We do not need to wait for a child aged five or six months to be able to read a book. We can begin to introduce reading to children since the beginning of the communication kelahirannya.Pada stimulation prasimbolik any member communications a huge influence for child communication skills, including language skills and bepikir. Read to the amplified sound (reading aloud) but useful as a stimulus to good communication, also encourage children to like reading [Faudzil Adhim, 2004]

The benefits are even reading aloud directly felt by a woman named Marcia Thomas, who came from Memphis, Tennessee interesting enough for us to refer to. As quoted by Jim releases in The Read Aloud Handbook, Marcia Thomas recalled,

“Our daughter, Jennifer was born in September 1984. Jennifer was born with down syndrome. At the age of two months, we were told that Jennifer’s almost-Hampi experience blindness, deafness and severe mental retardation. After we read the book The Read aloud Handbook of the importance of reading books to children, we memutusan to provide “diet” to our children to read at least ten books a day. At that Jennifer had to undergo inpatient in the hospital for seven weeks because of heart and corrective surgery. We started membacakanbuk him when he was still undergoing intensive perawaran and when we could not accompany her, we left a tape recording of the story and ask the nurse to turn it to our children ”

The work done by Marcia Thomas is just not in vain. At primary school age, children always get the highest score for reading lessons. No indulgence lebihdisukai by Jennifer exceed reading.

Jennifer’s story shows that reading or rather read a book to the baby, not only can grow a high interest in reading. More than that, reading a book can improve the intelligence of children and can even be used as a therapy for infants with problems.

I myself started reading the story books for my son when I was 7 months pregnant, a lot of friends who memberika suggestions for candidates invited to the baby began to interact well with a touch of flattery in his stomach or with a conversation. I chose to read a book prophet stories for her and also read the verses of the holy al-Quran. Magical reaction, there was a baby in the womb moving like a response to what we have done for him. Subhanalloh .. it was amazing ..

2.Open books with children

After our kids started growing up, reading books together we can do on a regular basis. Over time this activity will be a mengasikkan activity. I myself make reading activities with my child as the moments I am most waiting for. After a tired day of work at the office, the evening before bed, my son Mirza always ask to read a book with me. When he had entered a critical period, when he was 4 years old. All that I read him always trigger creative pertanyaa question that will come out of her tiny lips. And that often makes me wonder is the memory greater than my own memory. Because the book is often read over and over until memorized Mirza really how editorial sentence per sentence the book, so when I miss one or two words that do not read, he would correct it.

Sometimes I deliberately idly blaming some sentences that I read, then Mirza will once again correct it .. hihi .. very funny, I love this moment!

3.Choose appropriate reading

So many books on the market, making us as mothers must be selective in choosing the appropriate readings for the fruit of our hearts. Choose readings that are not only able to provide entertainment or fun for our children, but also highly nutritious and can shape the personality and good morals to our children. Today was a lot of story books children with such content, most of which I often read to my children’s books are published by Mizan.

4.Ask children to travel books

Encourage child not merely a trip to go to places that expensive tour, which despite having educational value but also will empty the contents of our bags. Be smart buns .. chose another alternative for the child to travel cheap, colorful but has a high educational value? Is there still a place like this?

There, the answer is a bookstore.

For me personally, when I was among the piles of books (not to mention quality books that match my interests), for me it is an incomparable pleasure, for me this is heaven on earth (hehe.. Lebay).

I’m trying to lose my enjoyment of this to my children with the intention that they would love the book as a source of knowledge and to make reading not just as a hobby but it became a primary need for to enrich their lives.

God bless you, my efforts have started showing results. Every time I bring my kids to the bookstore customers of our family in Depok Town Square, Mirza will then immediately ran to the shelves of children’s books that have been memorized, and he began to rack it will explore and sorting books to be bought.

If so then I had to be made overwhelmed at having to select and determine the scale pioritas, where the books can be purchased at the time or which are purchased sebaikya another time (because of the limited funds available .. hehe ..)

Today many bookstores have made an interesting concept. Like for example with the free internet facilities, a comfortable reading place with a café with a cozy feel, or even one complete with swimming pool. The concept of a bookstore like this that makes a bookstore as a comfortable resort for families. Try once again invite our children to a place like this!

Besides taking him to go to book stores, in fact we can also mengajakya to the exhibition. In the exhibition book, the number of books there are more diverse and even more sideways price. However, visitors are usually really crowded. Although our children may enjoy, enjoy aja with that, but I feel less butter kok well so I prefer the roads to the stores ngajak wrote the book to the exhibition compared with bukuya if buku.Ke exhibition pass without the child alone.

5.Present children with books

Some we may apply the reward and punishment in educating children. When the children showed a bresprestasi or morality of good behavior, not wrong when we value it by giving a gift. With the gift the child will be expected to feel loved, appreciated and will eventually make him a more enthusiastic to reach achievement or behave better. So what gifts we should give to them? Book, is the best gift for them. The book can also be given for prizes at the moment as special as a birthday ..

With more accustomed to receiving the book, over time the love child of the book will be formed early on and children will be familiar with reading activities, reading over time will become an activity that feels something is missing if not yet done. When it is of interest to read our children have grown, the next task is the mother to keep it that growing and flourishing.

6.Show with various forms of books

There are books for babies, made of waterproof material, we can introduce this to our children who are still babies. Take it wherever we go, let him mengekslpore pleases.

There is also a book shaped like a pillow, made of fabric with attractive display that can be given to our children as a means of learning and playing.

Which is often feared by the mother is when children (especially infants) holding a book, usually the child will mengeksplorenya to bite or even tear it up. Duh .. new book gitu loh, kok already torn up .. really love, so it bunz …?

So for children under five, give a book made of thick paper (hard) which can not be easily damaged if bitten or torn down for children. But be careful there too ya bun.terkadang the book pointy edges that can harm our children.

7. wide variety of books adequate

Interest in reading so that our children are not stopped in the middle of the road, so our task is to provide various types of varying quality readings. Because it can be when the child has a high enough interest to read, but one time when he was needed but could not find a reading passage in our house, so his interest will be reduced or even disappear over time.

Set aside some money and our monthly budget to buy books, make a small library at home to accommodate our book collection, arranged neatly in order to attract people to him, took the book in it, then read it.

Hopefully the above tips-tips can be done in an effort to develop interest in reading children early. And hopefully our children’s future generations love reading, love science, love of religion ..