Reading is an engaging activity and should be taught to children from the very beginning. It is a very fruitful pursuit and helps the child in his holistic personality development.
These are some benefits of Reading for young children:
• Aids in Linguistic development
Children learn the fastest when they are young. Reading books and magazines, especially with animation and cartoons keeps the child engaged and improves his linguistic prowess.
It also aids in improving confidence and advanced speech ability. The child becomes fluent and becomes able to engage in elegant conversations.
• A good Brain Exercise
Reading is a brain booster as both the right and the left brain are involved in reading. It boosts intelligence and creativity and makes the child more intelligent and coherent.
• Improves Concentration
Reading improves the ability of the child to focus on one topic or subject for an elongated period of time. This intelligence is especially needed whilst children learn Math and English. Concentration is a very import ability and the faster they learn it, the better.
• Develops Intelligence
Reading makes the child aware and develops his intelligence and creativity. He improves his logical reasoning ability and reading comprehension ability. He becomes more intelligent and grasps language and social conditioning easily
• Makes children more imaginative and Creative
Reading stimulates the right brain, with reading children visualize the characters and plot of the stories and their imagination improves drastically. As a result they become more creative and innovative
• A form of Healthy Entertainment
Reading is a participatory and engaging activity. It is a healthy form of entertainment as compared to movies, computer games and TV. It is not passive entertainment and provides an engaging stimulus
• Improves Emotional Intelligence and Empathy
With reading, children are able to understand things from the third person’s perspective. Thus the world opens up for them as they realise that different individuals view the world differently. This enhances their empathy and emotional intelligence.
• Improves Vocabulary
Reading also exposes kids to new and interesting words. It is the best way to improve on their vocabulary, which will help them become more fluent and aesthetic in their spoken and written language skills.
• Leads to Academic Success
Reading improves on intelligence and creativity and thus leads to awareness and information which widens the child’s perspective and leads to academic and social success.
ABOUT Intellyjelly
Intellyjelly is a monthly magazine for children from the age group of 4 to 12 years. It is an innovative and creative magazine which stimulates and instigates children’s imagination and creativity.
The magazine is fun, colorful, interesting and engaging. It helps its readers to explore their dreams and imagination and also to improve on their creativity and intelligence.
Intellyjelly believes that every child is a born genius and with proper exposure and training we can maintain that intelligence even in the growing up years. With animation, colors and interesting facts Intellyjelly engages its audiences and provides stimulating ideas to young adolescents so as to explore their full potential.