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Classic Children’s Books: Help Shape your Children’s Values
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Books are important integrals of learning; they are references that can further boost their learning process. Young children can relate and slowly understand themselves, their environment and realize what their dreams are by reading stories from classic books.
Classic books are helpful in shaping good values, awareness and interests of the children. Classic stories for children are created for self exploration sharing the same feelings and concerns like what the characters in the stories imply.
Classic books are printed and published now in modern way to encourage children to read it. Publishers incorporated pictures or illustrations of the events in the stories wherein the children can visualize how it really happened. Some classic stories are traceable and can be colored to draw interests in children.
There are different types of classic books. Parents or guardians must know what types of classic books are needed by their children. It should compliment their interests. One of the most popular classic books is children story books which are helpful in alleviating stress from your children and teaching them values.
Parents should be aware that children love to eat. Children stories having cooking themes are exciting approaches encouraging children to read and learn more. The stories introduction often begin with finger plays or rhyming games including Pease Porridge Hot, Pat-a-Cake and This Little Pig Went to Market. Other famous classic stories are Little Miss Muffet, Jack Sprat, Little Tommy Tucker, Little Jack Horner and Mother Goose.
Younger children’s heart and mind are close to their stomach so these stories give them ideas on good foods to eat. The foods are often used in emphasizing the setting of the story, the place and time or religious, ethnic and racial background of the characters. Parents can also read them about adventures on deep woods or fairytales having food themes such as Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood.
The classic children’s books are an ideal gift for children because they give importance to good values and portray the consequences of being bad. The children can learn and adapt good values helpful in shaping their personalities.
- Fairytales written by the Grimm’s brothers including Cinderella, The Frog Prince and Rapunzel.
- Fairytales written by Hans Christian Andersen including Snow Queen, The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling.
- Books having compilations of nursery rhymes, fables and fairytales.
- The story of Heidi and Anne of the Green Gable.
Parents should encourage their children in learning what is meaningful for them by providing a wider range of classical books. It will give them more reading opportunities. There are guidelines for parents about choosing classical books for their children.
- It encourages participatory, active and reflective learning.
- The stories integrate both cognitive and affective awareness of the children.
- The stories are posing problems and effective solutions.
- It should tackle issues which the children know and they care about.
- Multiple perspectives are provided in the events of the stories.
- The stories encourage cooperative learning, dialogue, meaning construction and giving your children the curiosity to ask questions.
Children have unique approaches on the books that they read and make meanings about them. Parents should invite both intellectual and emotional responses. It is better to have discussion regarding the stories giving allowable time for the reader to reflect. Enjoy reading with your children.
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