Hi everybody! How was the weekend? We are going to start an interesting week where we are going to have the opportunity to work with children, because we know very well look like children but in my opinion could be more interesting to work with real children, and also because in this four years of uni it’s the first time that we are going to do it.

I know that we have the practicum but I think that we should to have more opportunities to do it along the degree. It’s just a reflection that I wanted to do, because today I would like to talk about the reading in children and the role of the reader in that important task.

Telling stories to children is a habit that has been passed from generation to generation, and even today, with all the technological advances that we are accustomed, back to this old technique to soothe the savage beast, and to enrich them culturally.

Hearing a story, children exercise thinking skills because they must analyze how it should behave and instilling values that can help them train as people. Even through stories where cruelty is one of the main protagonists, they can understand the life, meet his surroundings and decide how you can assimilate the pain that hurt less.

The stories collaborate considerably with the intellectual development of the boy, allow you to exercise analytical skills and understanding and stimulate their memory and the wish to express themselves correctly; on the other hand, thanks to these stories, the children comes into contact with their individual sensitivity, and their sensitivity is extended and learn to express it more clearly.

Reading works to expand the vocabulary of children which brings positive effects, allowing you to read aloud with greater security and a better school performance. In addition, children who are used to hearing stories are able to pay more attention in a passive activity without getting bored and acquire the ability to listen and understand what is said to them more effectively.

Encourages reading in the interest of the children in different areas, so it is possible that children discover their vocation at an early age and can help and support to do something positive with it. Through beautiful stories children can learn different subjects, such as history, nature, art, numbers, languages, and many others.

I hope you will have all this things into account, because we are a very important model for children.