Children have the right to rest, as stated in article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989, as they have the right to play and have recreational activities appropriate for their age.
Before them they have a whole summer to exercise that right, a whole summer for among other things, Dive between books that they read or that we read to them, certainly a great plan for this holiday and for the whole year.
Time to play, jump, run, bathe, eat some ice cream, laugh, enjoy, sleep late, watch good movies together, meet friends and of course read. Yes, The reading is also good, it is healthy that it has its place in the leisure time that arises during the holidays.
Because the relaxed reading it helps to better develop our perception of the world, our ability to understand it and a reading something more analytical In addition, it increases blood flow in the brain, especially in the prefrontal cortex. We cannot allow these types of reactions and experiences to be lost.
Reading, reading or reading, is one of the best experiences we can do together. The importance of "listening" when they are younger, that they enjoy it, that they are encouraged to read because an adult has read them when they were younger, is something that on vacation we can practice with more time and more desire than the rest of the year.
We have already talked about the magnificent ritual that is to read before they fall asleep, accompany them by reading them a story, surely we find thousands.
Without being scared of the text, without having to be the last thing that has been published, without having to buy the last title, there are thousands of stories waiting to be told on the shelves of libraries for example.
Hip hop to encourage reading
Stories like the ones he has made viral centuries after they were first published, this American professor who adapts the texts no less than from Shakespeare to rap that more hooks its students. Is called Devon Glover and he has become well known for considering bringing the most classical literature to the most modern ears, without any fear but with all the respect he deserves, in fact he is known as "The sonnet man"
Although we can also go one more time. Many children do not dare to read poetry, I speak of boys who are in primary school and who see that poetry does not end up attracting their attention. That Gongora is a scroll and Quevedo doesn't quite understand it, maybe because we start by speaking to them in another language.
We could understand as contemporary poetry much of what they usually hear, some yes of poor quality but another no, you just have to have your ears open and learn with them.
If we understand how our children understand that there are graffiti on many street walls that could perfectly be in a museum Why not understand that there are rap and hip hop lyrics that could be in your textbooks when they talk about poetry in 5th grade, in 6th grade or in high school?
"Have you ever tried to meet a foreigner?
Look at the children, they know what this game is about. (...)
I ask for understanding,
for the bread is broken with the hands,
but it is distributed with the heart "
It is evident that the reading change the person's cognition, change our personality even, has consequences in our lives, modifies our intelligence and our way of interpreting and reacting. Depriving ourselves of these changes by not reading or depriving our children for not getting them to become fond of reading also has consequences that, in the end, we have to assume and face.
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