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Extracurricular reading grade 1: books, works, list of literature
Extracurricular reading in grade 1 helps the child develop. Children who read in the summer, during the school year, do better in various subjects, and also begin to read and assimilate information faster. In addition, thanks to reading books in the summer, the child gains new knowledge.
Benefits of extracurricular reading
Reading is useful at any age, but it is a habit, which means it needs to be developed. The sooner a child loves reading and begins to do it regularly, the easier it will be for him in life.
It is important to start developing the habit of extracurricular reading already in the first grade, so that with age the child understands the importance of reading books.
Extracurricular reading helps:
- Develop reading speed. This will help him read material in textbooks faster throughout the year.
- Learn to put stress and pronounce words correctly. If the child reads the text aloud, then his speech will become clearer and more correct.
- Develop imagination. Reading, unlike watching movies and cartoons, allows you to think over the characters yourself, as well as present the whole plot yourself.
- Acquire reading comprehension. It is important after reading the book to ask the child what it was about and what he understood from it.
All this confirms the fact that you need to read in the summer. It doesn’t take long, but it is very beneficial.
First grader reading speed requirements
To understand what your child’s reading speed is, give him a piece, ask him to read a piece of text, and time it. Then evaluate the results obtained:
- The child should read 35 words in a minute.
- He must be able to put down stress correctly.
- He must correctly read the words and pronounce the endings.
If the results obtained meet the criteria, then you can rest assured.
List of extracurricular literature
The main works that a first grader should read are:
- “Moidodyr” Chukovsky;
- Chukovsky’s Aybolit;
- “Uncle Styopa” by Mikhalkov;
- “Live Hat” by Nosov;
- Gena the Crocodile and His Friends by Uspensky;
- “The Hawk and the Lark” by Prishvin;
- Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault;
- Andersen’s The Snow Queen;
- Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling;
- “A pipe and a jug”;
- “Magpie and the Hedgehog”;
- “The Fox and the Hare”;
- “Golden Meadow”.
Reading such works helps to form the correct values in the child, as well as ideas about good and evil.
Developing the reading habit of a first grader is an important task for parents. Thanks to this, the child’s outlook, erudition, imagination and logic will increase. In addition, reading is a means of fostering correct views of the world and forming a child’s own opinion.