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Reading Strategies Part II: Emotional Development
When there is asynchronous development between emotional maturity and intellectual capabilities, balance can be achieved by combining different book mediums (fiction, non-fiction, visuals, audio). This article looks at choosing books from a different perspective.
Determine Appropriateness:
Finding content that is appropriate for your young, advanced reader can be a significant challenge. Although there are no easy guidelines, here are some ideas to consider:
- Find Like Children: Finding children of the same age reading at approximately the same level as your child can be helpful in finding appropriate material.
- Make Use of Non-Fiction: Content that is inappropriate generally is in fictional materials. This content can be violence and/or themes from more mature relationships than your child is ready for. These are typically absent from non-fictional materials.
- Read Reviews: Quality reviews by other parents and children can be invaluable in providing input whether a book or series of books will be appropriate for your child. Bright Kids World encourages you to write and read book and book series reviews on this website. Through collaboration everyone benefits.
- Find Appropriate Book Series: Finding an author or a book series that is generally at the appropriate level can be beneficial. Varcious readers can continue through the author or book series.
Emotional Development Through Bibliotherapy:
- More to Come: This section is in process of being written, and will be available soon.
Strategies Combining Academic and Emotional Development:
- Combine Fiction and Non-Fiction: If you have observed your child's preference for reading fictional materials that are at your child's age-level, but not at their reading level, this is a great strategy for you. It is OK for your child to continue to read at their emotional and/or age level! The books they are reading can be nurturing them in ways not available elsewhere in their lives. Your child can still nurture their academic reading skills in other ways, such as with non-fictional reading. Add advanced non-fiction books, where they can continue to enhance their vocabulary and reading comprehension skills, to their fictional books that they find emotionally satisfying and you can have a very successful strategy for your child.
- Combine Visual Art and Written Word: If your child is visually oriented, combining visually attractive books, such as Caldecott Medal winners, picture books, and non-fiction books with many pictures, with books that primarily provide written words. The combination of books can enhance overall skills while still maintaining a love of visuals.
- Combine Audio Books and Written Books: If your child struggles with reading, either due to physical issues with their eyes or visual systems, combining audio and written books can be a very successful strategy. Combining written books that are at their reading level with audio books that are written at a higher level with richer, more complex vocabulary, characters, and plots, can allow your child to match their reading skills with written books and match their intellectual capabilities with audio. This strategy can also work for children that have a difficult time putting books down while they do jobs and chores at home. Listening to audio books while they clean their room can be a motivation for children to improve their self reliance and responsibility skills while still satisfying their love for reading and books.
Next Article: Encourage Self-Reliance and Responsibility
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