Why do children ask for the same tale

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

“Mom, read“Kolobok”to me … For the hundredth time … Today … Well, who has not heard these requests to read my favorite children's book over and over again?

At one time, when I was still reading to my eldest daughter, I always tried to dissuade her from this venture and persistently offered to read a new book, because we have a lot of them and all of them are interesting. I believed that it is much more useful to learn new information, to read as much as possible so that the child grows and develops, as they say, by leaps and bounds.

Imagine my surprise when one day in the kindergarten, at a stand with information for parents, I read an article that it is useful for children to read their favorite fairy tales several times. It turns out that I did everything wrong, but it was not too late to improve, which I did. Therefore, if you want reading fairy tales to your child to bring maximum results and contribute to his intellectual and emotional development more effectively, read on and find out that …

If your kid asks to read the same book over and over again, that’s very good. This suggests that it was this book that found a response somewhere in the soul of the crumbs and fully corresponds to his current emotional state, so to speak, entered into resonance with the baby.

This also indicates that the book is fully understood and accepted by the baby, that there are no unexplained or misunderstood points, frightening or repulsive elements. Surely, you have favorite books or movies that you have read or watched a hundred times and are ready to repeat it as many more. So why don't we want to acknowledge our baby's rights to do the same?

The fact that the baby knows in advance how the story will end forms in his mind confidence in the future and in his positive result, that is, he will be sure that despite any difficulties, everything will be fine.

Who can argue that being an optimist is more fun and more productive than a pessimist? Thus, playing the same scenario several times, the baby firmly assimilates the idea that there are no hopeless situations and that even if you are eaten, you still have two options …

When you read a fairy tale to a kid, he is in the world of his fantasies, empathizes with the hero, emotionally replays all his adventures, that is, he experiences a lot of emotions, each time these emotions become more perfect.

Do not forget that the baby's nervous system has not yet fully formed and he needs much more time to "formalize" and accept his feelings and emotions. So, brick by brick, adding up his feelings for the heroes of his favorite fairy tale, the kid will receive several formed emotions in his "life piggy bank".

Use repetitive reading to develop your baby's speech. Firstly, the constant repetition of the same words perfectly replenishes the baby's vocabulary, and secondly, by reading the book differently each time, you contribute to the development of better quality speech of the child as such.

What does "differently" mean? After you have read the book with expression a couple of times and made sure that the meaning is fully understood by the child, read the same fairy tale a little faster, then even faster, etc., reaching the pace of tongue twisters - this way you will teach the child to perceive information by ear and different variations.

Another way to work with a book is to stop periodically and ask your toddler what will happen next. This is not only a great way to practice practical speaking skills, but also to train your memory.

Use repetitive reading to develop your little one’s imagination and creativity. After reading to a certain point, ask your child to come up with a continuation. Compose your fairy tale with him. Moreover, this method can be successfully applied several times: first, let the baby come up with the other end, then stop reading a little earlier and come up with a little more, etc.

Perhaps the kid will like this game and he will begin to compose his own fairy tale after the words “Once upon a time…”.

Well, another way to work with a book is to discuss pictures. Let the kid tell you what or who is drawn, what he is doing, to which episode of the fairy tale this illustration belongs. Pictures can also be used to compose your own fairy tale.