Child do not like to read books
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well according to my kid, hes reading the book named as the \"Animal Horn\" many early hornbooks were made by printing letters onto paper or vellum (animal skin) – both expensive materials at the time. To protect them, the letters were covered with a layer of animal horn like cow horns, https://hornsavvy.com/category/sheep-horn/, goat etc so thin that it was see-through. This horn was fixed to a wooden or leather base, which was known as a hornbook. Sometimes the ‘books’ were made from metal, ivory, or bone like this one, but they still kept the same name. Some were even baked out of gingerbread to tempt children to ‘swallow what they read'
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My children were all eyeing my books. Let them see you reading.
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I am facing the same problem with my boys. #1 likes to read sci-fi and non-fiction books like Nat Geo and Sci based books. He occasionally reads fiction books but his choice and interest is very limited. I tried enticing him with lots of different titles but he dislikes most of it. He loves comics and will pore over his Beyblade comics over and over again though.
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chasingrainbows\" post_id=\"2022610\" time=\"1620177265\" user_id=\"160135:
He's still reading, so I wouldn't worry. Storybooks are not the only form of reading. And comics are not necessarily a bad thing as long as he is also reading other things (not necessarily fiction). It is a failure of the PSLE compo paper that it does not allow truly imaginative and creative writing, and your son may hate the things he has to write for school compos. But that goes for a lot of kids.
I am facing the same problem with my boys. #1 likes to read sci-fi and non-fiction books like Nat Geo and Sci based books. He occasionally reads fiction books but his choice and interest is very limited. I tried enticing him with lots of different titles but he dislikes most of it. He loves comics and will pore over his Beyblade comics over and over again though. -
chasingrainbows\" post_id=\"2022610\" time=\"1620177265\" user_id=\"160135:
If u happen to have a Kindle e-reader, search for Beyblade and there are some fiction books that will come up:
I am facing the same problem with my boys. #1 likes to read sci-fi and non-fiction books like Nat Geo and Sci based books. He occasionally reads fiction books but his choice and interest is very limited. I tried enticing him with lots of different titles but he dislikes most of it. He loves comics and will pore over his Beyblade comics over and over again though.
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My boy was exactly the same as you describe. He was into both Beyblade & Minecraft. I bought some hard copy Minecraft story books & he liked them. One day he searched the Kindle store for Minecraft e-books and he was hooked into the Dave the Villager series. Those are good adventure stories & the language is good. He picked up plenty of vocab from those books. His English improved by leaps & bounds after that. Not sure about the Beyblade series but u can take a look.
If he is open to bedtime stories & parent-child bonding time, u can try reading aloud to him at those times. Many of the stories (including Harry Potter series) end the chapter with a cliffhanger. He couldn’t bear to wait 24 hours till the next night for the next chapter, so he would pick up the e-book himself after school & continue reading on his own.
He devours such story books, several per day & his reading speed is faster than an adult’s now. His general English (Paper 2) is no problem as he learns all the sentence structures, grammar, contextual clues etc simply from voracious reading of such adventure books.
However, not much help for Compo (as slmkhoo has said). However, when I passed him some good model Compos and a good-phrases book to read recently, he was very keen and kept commenting: “Wow, this phrase is really good! I think I’ll use that...
Jia you! I think the trick may be to find story books that are linked to his interests. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2022630\" time=\"1620182436\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2022630 time=1620182436 user_id=53606]
A little OT, but I want to comment that even reading a lot of fiction doesn't necessarily help in PSLE compo writing. My daughter read a lot of fiction, and actually liked writing stories. She was totally aghast when we discovered all the dos and don'ts that govern PSLE compo (she only started preparing in late P5 as we were living overseas). And this was under the older syllabus where there was no \"essay\" option which she might have tried. We had a lot of moaning and groaning (from me as well as her!) before we devised a \"formula\" that kind of worked for us. And I promised faithfully that I would NEVER require her to write another compo under those constraints once the exam was over. And I've kept my promise!
...However, not much help for Compo (as slmkhoo has said). However, when I passed him some good model Compos and a good-phrases book to read recently, he was very keen and kept commenting: “Wow, this phrase is really good! I think I’ll use that...
Jia you! I think the trick may be to find story books that are linked to his interests.[/quote] -
Lol I get that same moaning & groaning! He’s having his Compo exam right now as we speak. I’ve no idea how he will fare. During our practices he would be rolling his eyes at the tight structure required. I made him promise he would throw in at least 5 good phrases & use my suggested ideas for various scenarios. Whether he will actually do it is up in the air really. If you have a good formula for aceing PSLE Compo pls PM me.
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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2022647\" time=\"1620186300\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2022647 time=1620186300 user_id=53606]
Aceing? More like surviving. I guess my daughter did OK, but no idea whether the compo helped or hindered her grade!
Lol I get that same moaning & groaning! He’s having his Compo exam right now as we speak. I’ve no idea how he will fare. During our practices he would be rolling his eyes at the tight structure required. I made him promise he would throw in at least 5 good phrases & use my suggested ideas for various scenarios. Whether he will actually do it is up in the air really. If you have a good formula for aceing PSLE Compo pls PM me.[/quote]
Actually, my \"formula\" sounds like yours. We sketched out a few possible scenarios that did not involve animals talking, mythical creatures, fantasy worlds, magic spells, dreams... (all the fun stuff) and I reminded her to throw in at least 1 idiom and 1 simile/metaphor in the compo, and a few adverbs and adjectives. I also told her not to waste time writing long dialogues (like so much YA literature does these days!) but to limit dialogue to a few lines only, and use narrative to speed up the storytelling so that she could finish her story before the time ran out. I told her to aim for 500-600 words, so she would have time to reread and edit. Oh, most importantly, to take 3 mins to outline the plot BEFORE starting to write.
We both agreed that it really takes all the fun out of writing! On the other hand, looking ahead, it can be good practice for future writing tasks, like when the boss says \"Give me a report on X, no more than 500 words\" or when university application forms instruct \"Describe what motivates you (max. 300 words)\".
I actually spend a good part of my working hours writing (not fiction), and being able to write to a word count is a useful skill. But I would be inclined to let kids have more freedom in subject matter, even if they have to write within a strict time limit. -
Do role playing while reading books. Better start doing this during bed time stories so they can develop love in reading while still young. I’m actually doing this and I find it effective.
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chasingrainbows\" post_id=\"2022610\" time=\"1620177265\" user_id=\"160135:
This doesn't seem like a problem to me? My girl basically only reads books with unicorns or fairies in them (better still: magical unicorns!), and I'm not sure that's better. At least your boy is learning stuff from his books.
I am facing the same problem with my boys. #1 likes to read sci-fi and non-fiction books like Nat Geo and Sci based books. He occasionally reads fiction books but his choice and interest is very limited. I tried enticing him with lots of different titles but he dislikes most of it. He loves comics and will pore over his Beyblade comics over and over again though.
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