COVID-19 Lockdown Reading Milestone

These are the books📚 my 7-year-old finished reading in this lockdown... Here goes the list:

~ The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton

~ The Secret Seven series by Enid Blyton

~ Amelia Bedelia chapter book set

~ Roald Dahl complete collection

~ The Secrets of Droon book series

~ Magic Tree House book series

~ Junie B. Jones book series

These pictures here do not include, obviously, the couple of hundred e-books that she read on Epic! I want to congratulate myself on her achievement, even if no one else congratulates me on this. But the truth is, a lot of people did praise me and congratulated me when I shared with them these photos. As a parent, I would like to encourage you to sow the seed of love of reading in your child. If that seed ever germinates, your child will never get bored easily. I know every child is different, but I also know that when we were kids, all my friends and cousins loved to read. Reading was our favorite pastime. And that helped most of us to earn and achieve good things in life.

I started reading to my child when she was still in my tummy! After she was born, I read to her on a regular basis. Even today, I read to her almost every day, even if that is for 15 or 20 minutes.

When my daughter was young, I mean when she was a toddler, whenever we left home we carried books with us. She’s seven now and we always carry books when we go out on a long drive or a vacation. Surviving this COVID-19 lockdown would have been very difficult, if my child did not love reading. But it’s true that books have become expensive during this pandemic. But we see the money that we are spending on books as an investment in her future.

There are so many reasons why you should encourage and motivate your child to read:

Books are like companions
Books improve children’s reading skills and develop vocabulary
Love of reading is a lifelong thing - it will not only help a child academically, but wherever they go in life
Reading improves children’s ability to imagine

In short, the benefits associated with children cultivating reading as a habit are endless.

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