How To Start Children In Reading The Classics?
Reading is not only an activity, it is an attitude. Attitude that stimulates learning, open-mindedness, creativity, creation. Therefore, it becomes a very valuable habit that should be instilled as children.
Reading is a box of infinite possibilities. Books stimulate the imagination by creating possible worlds in the minds of children. They also facilitate understanding and learning. Encouraging reading from children, then, is a task to take into account. And one of the ways to instill the habit is to read with them.
How to start? Reading the classics
A good way to bring a taste for books is to start by reading the classics. There are very successful adaptations of well-known works, with illustrations and even games or questions. This generates expectation and motivates reading for fun.
Some must-have titles
Matilda by Roald Dahl
It presents the adventures of Matilda, a resourceful, determined girl who loves to read. With her steps and powers, the reader knows the world of this little girl who overcomes difficulties despite her parents. Taken to the cinema and adapted for musical works, it is one of the books to have.
Little Nicholas
A delightful story from French author René Goscinny , creator of Asterix. It tells the adventures of Nicolás and his friends, involved in continuous mischief. It approaches the world seen from the infantile mentality and the ways of reasoning and thinking of a child.
The little Prince
A consecrated classic, not only as children’s literature. The French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exúpery presents a story full of sensitivity. It narrates the experience of a pilot lost in the Sahara who finds a prince from another planet. With a very peculiar vision of the world and reality.
Where the monsters live
Maurice Sendak offers the story of Max, a boy who feels misunderstood and loves to dress up. After engaging in mischief, he meets the world of monsters and undergoes a transformation there.
The happy Prince
Published in 1888, it is a work of the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. It tells the story of the statue of a prince wrapped in jewels who suffers what happens around him. With the help of a swallow, he will distribute his belongings.
Momo
This book tells the story of an orphan girl who has the ability to listen. With this ability he endangers the plans of the gray men, who steal memory and time. It is a story about friendship and the importance of sharing and listening. Another of this author’s titles to read with children is, without a doubt, La historia interminable (in Spain) or La historia sin fin (Latin America).
Elmer
This is a book for younger children. Its author, David McKee tells the life of a multicolored elephant who wants to be gray like everyone else. To do this, he embarks on an adventure to stop being different. A story that teaches about respect for diversity and tolerance.
Little red, green, yellow, blue and white riding hood
This book by Bruno Munari and Enrica Agostinelli, is an adaptation of the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood. It presents the tale of five little red riding hoods, this time very clever. None are willing to be fooled by the wolf. An ideal book to read a little each day, before going to sleep.
A Striped Goblin
Story of María Puncel. It narrates the adventures of Rayas, an elf who wants to discover what color he wants to be. To do this, he goes on a journey where he meets the black goblin. This one makes pranks in revenge to the mistreatment of a witch. Stripes helps you and discovers the color you want for yourself.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Another Roald Dahl title. It tells the life of Charlie, a very poor boy who lives with his family. One day win a ticket to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, the largest in the world. There you will meet a group of private children.
This is a work that even Hollywood dared to adapt to the big screen on a couple of occasions, the most recent being the adaptation made by director Tim Burton.
Richness of stories
These titles are a small sample to start reading the classics. The good thing is knowing that there is a story for every age, personality and interest of the child.
