“If they like something get them a book about it!” Absolutely. It doesn’t matter if you (the parent) like it or think it’s “worthwhile” your kid does and that means they might read. Which is the point.
@@Muslim_Student that’s the plan! Already read him (and my wife) The Hobbit, His Dark Materials, and Dune 1-3 in utero so fingers crossed he’s got a taste for it already 🤣
I’m 💯with you on this. Grandparents, uncles, caregivers, anyone can read with the kiddos, too. Make library time a special outing. Let them see you check out books for yourself! Also, very young pre-readers can learn how to hold the book upright and turn pages and follow along with a finger under the words. Those pre-reading skills are very important! Make giving books as gifts “your thing” for holidays and new babies and birthdays. 📚📚📚📚
There's another aspect as well which I learned the other day from the National Literary Trust that an increasing percentage of adults also have poor literacy skills (it was described to me as the same reading age as an 8 year old but I don't actually have a citation for that!) so there's an extra barrier that comes from parents feeling that books are inaccessible to them as well. Ways of breaking down that barrier are really important too, because adults who are intimidated by reading wont engage with kids in that way and the cycle continues! My job is writing kids magazines and we put a lot of thought into how we can use that medium as a more accessible route into reading, to help support the whole curriculum in perhaps a somewhat more "covert" way to appeal to reluctant readers, so definitely agree that it's an important problem to look at and discuss more deeply.
This is so sad abput the iliteracy we are seeing--certainly here in the U.S. as well. I used to teach ESL and honestly found the ambition of immigrants learning English gave me hope tgat at least some people will be literate in the country. Our "school system" is abysmal in America, you really have to take on a home-schooling role as a parent regardless where your child attends school. Kudos to you and your wife ensuring your kids are learning.
I do think being around readers is huge. My mon and grandma always read in their spare time and had books around. I was also the 2 year old in my crib surrounded by big disney books 😂 My mom read to me for years and they are my favorite memories, and my first children “chapter books” were Bailey School Kids cause I just liked that the title was “mermaids don’t life guard” or something like that 😂
That is really upsetting. When I was in elementary school, we all read books in class, with each student taking a turn to read out loud. Do they not do that anymore? The teacher would read the more difficult books to us in class, but we always had time set aside for reading. Some of my favorites were Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," "Blubber," and "Superfudge," as well as "The Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynn Reid Banks, and "My Teacher is an Alien" by Bruce Coville. I was also forced to read "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink completely against my will. LOL. Another one I loved was "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George, but that one may appeal more to boys. I fully support having children read everything by Shel Silverstein. I was obsessed with "A Light in the Attic," "Where the Sidewalk Ends," and "The Giving Tree" when I was a kid. "The Giving Tree" makes me tear up to this day. But what childhood is complete without being slightly traumatized by really good stories? LOL
I read a very interesting book called The Knowledge Gap which was published about TEN YEARS ago and discussed how reading impacts literally everything for kids when it comes to learning. Highly recommend, it is US specific but lots of great information. Also, and again US specific, I highly recommend the Sold A Story podcast which discusses how and why the US education system changed how reading was taught and why it doesn’t work. Finally, as a parent (and a homeschooling parent) I definitely agree that reading and kids is so important. I read aloud to my kids still (they are seven and ten), and I try to model reading to them as well. Thankfully they know how to read and love it, but it’s something that is definitely not the norm. And I totally agree that kids books are really lacking sometimes. The stories aren’t engaging so why would they bother? lol I feel like we need to make a KD Books Kids Book Club! Thank you for making this video!
This starts at home, instead of putting an Ipad in a child's hands, it should be a book; not to mention that books are so much cheaper than Ipad's and video games.
Yes, get kids books about topics they like and they will want to read! Just want to add that talking with them about what they read is AS important. Otherwise, you don't even know whether they understood 😊
Maybe the decline in critical thinking skills and empathy (as well as media literacy) is directly linked to this problem? I do wonder about that sometimes.
Get your child off the telly, their mobile phone or their tablet and hand them a book. Technology is great, but reading is the most fundamental skill they will ever learn.
I'm trying to think about what books are available in the US that are good for young kids. I have no idea what's available in Wales. Nel Yomtov wrote a lot of juvenile nonfiction sports biographies. There are also a couple of young juvenile books based on baseball in Japanese internment camps. When the kids get a little older, Margaret Peterson Haddix is a great middle grade fantasy author.
What a shock, you import hundreds of thousand of people from the developing world who have more children than the local indigenous population and literacy levels fall. How could this be possible? What a conundrum.
1) Why have parents stopped caring, could it be parents also functionally illiterate? 2) Why are Schools failing and producing functionally illiterate children?
“If they like something get them a book about it!”
Absolutely. It doesn’t matter if you (the parent) like it or think it’s “worthwhile” your kid does and that means they might read. Which is the point.
Really important video. I'm about to become a father & I fully intend to ensure books are always present in my children's lives
Exactly! And present it in a way that they end up loving reading.
Best of luck 🤞 Enjoy sleep as much as possible, cos you ain’t going to have as much sleep ever again 🤣
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@@KDbooks heh, so I’ve been repeatedly told!! 😂
Thanks!
@@Muslim_Student that’s the plan! Already read him (and my wife) The Hobbit, His Dark Materials, and Dune 1-3 in utero so fingers crossed he’s got a taste for it already 🤣
Literacy is soooo important. Instilling the love of reading is vital. Great topic. 😊💙
I’m 💯with you on this. Grandparents, uncles, caregivers, anyone can read with the kiddos, too. Make library time a special outing. Let them see you check out books for yourself! Also, very young pre-readers can learn how to hold the book upright and turn pages and follow along with a finger under the words. Those pre-reading skills are very important! Make giving books as gifts “your thing” for holidays and new babies and birthdays. 📚📚📚📚
There's another aspect as well which I learned the other day from the National Literary Trust that an increasing percentage of adults also have poor literacy skills (it was described to me as the same reading age as an 8 year old but I don't actually have a citation for that!) so there's an extra barrier that comes from parents feeling that books are inaccessible to them as well. Ways of breaking down that barrier are really important too, because adults who are intimidated by reading wont engage with kids in that way and the cycle continues! My job is writing kids magazines and we put a lot of thought into how we can use that medium as a more accessible route into reading, to help support the whole curriculum in perhaps a somewhat more "covert" way to appeal to reluctant readers, so definitely agree that it's an important problem to look at and discuss more deeply.
This is so sad abput the iliteracy we are seeing--certainly here in the U.S. as well. I used to teach ESL and honestly found the ambition of immigrants learning English gave me hope tgat at least some people will be literate in the country. Our "school system" is abysmal in America, you really have to take on a home-schooling role as a parent regardless where your child attends school. Kudos to you and your wife ensuring your kids are learning.
I do think being around readers is huge. My mon and grandma always read in their spare time and had books around. I was also the 2 year old in my crib surrounded by big disney books 😂
My mom read to me for years and they are my favorite memories, and my first children “chapter books” were Bailey School Kids cause I just liked that the title was “mermaids don’t life guard” or something like that 😂
That is really upsetting. When I was in elementary school, we all read books in class, with each student taking a turn to read out loud. Do they not do that anymore? The teacher would read the more difficult books to us in class, but we always had time set aside for reading.
Some of my favorites were Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," "Blubber," and "Superfudge," as well as "The Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynn Reid Banks, and "My Teacher is an Alien" by Bruce Coville. I was also forced to read "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink completely against my will. LOL. Another one I loved was "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George, but that one may appeal more to boys.
I fully support having children read everything by Shel Silverstein. I was obsessed with "A Light in the Attic," "Where the Sidewalk Ends," and "The Giving Tree" when I was a kid. "The Giving Tree" makes me tear up to this day. But what childhood is complete without being slightly traumatized by really good stories? LOL
I read a very interesting book called The Knowledge Gap which was published about TEN YEARS ago and discussed how reading impacts literally everything for kids when it comes to learning. Highly recommend, it is US specific but lots of great information. Also, and again US specific, I highly recommend the Sold A Story podcast which discusses how and why the US education system changed how reading was taught and why it doesn’t work.
Finally, as a parent (and a homeschooling parent) I definitely agree that reading and kids is so important. I read aloud to my kids still (they are seven and ten), and I try to model reading to them as well. Thankfully they know how to read and love it, but it’s something that is definitely not the norm. And I totally agree that kids books are really lacking sometimes. The stories aren’t engaging so why would they bother? lol I feel like we need to make a KD Books Kids Book Club!
Thank you for making this video!
thanks for sharing
Love to recommended the books of Mo Willems (picture books and early readers). Kids love them and they're so good, especially Elephant and Piggie
This starts at home, instead of putting an Ipad in a child's hands, it should be a book; not to mention that books are so much cheaper than Ipad's and video games.
Yes, get kids books about topics they like and they will want to read!
Just want to add that talking with them about what they read is AS important. Otherwise, you don't even know whether they understood 😊
Maybe the decline in critical thinking skills and empathy (as well as media literacy) is directly linked to this problem? I do wonder about that sometimes.
Get your child off the telly, their mobile phone or their tablet and hand them a book. Technology is great, but reading is the most fundamental skill they will ever learn.
very important vid!!! we need to foster reading in kids!!!
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Wow the is so depressing. Didn't think it would be Wales either :/
I'm trying to think about what books are available in the US that are good for young kids. I have no idea what's available in Wales. Nel Yomtov wrote a lot of juvenile nonfiction sports biographies. There are also a couple of young juvenile books based on baseball in Japanese internment camps. When the kids get a little older, Margaret Peterson Haddix is a great middle grade fantasy author.
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Your videos give me anxiety. It's a great message, though.
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What a shock, you import hundreds of thousand of people from the developing world who have more children than the local indigenous population and literacy levels fall. How could this be possible? What a conundrum.
1) Why have parents stopped caring, could it be parents also functionally illiterate? 2) Why are Schools failing and producing functionally illiterate children?