The days of children reading traditional books are numbered, claims the man spearheading a campaign to improve literacy in schools.
Publishers must adapt titles to the demands of modern young readers who spend more time on the internet if they are to succeed in persuading the next generation to read, says Jonathan Douglas, the director of the National Literacy Trust.
I always wonder why they
I always wonder why they don’t make more of the “advanced” Choose Your Own Adventure type books like the Fighting Fantasy or Lone Wolf series. I think interactive books similar to those would be popular with the video game crowd.
Days of Children Reading Books are Numbered
Oh my!
Speaking from my own personal experience, I stopped reading in 7th grade (for being forced to read “classics”), but I began to read again in 12th grade.
I still read and I work with children, we share books….. Toddler and preschool storytime is geared to instill the lifelong love of reading and libraries in our children. This is a part of my job, it is what I was taught in MLIS land…and it is what we need to do as a part of keeping our doors open and budgets intact.
One thing I find is that with the younger generations there is the demand for instant gratification and heightened visuals. Younger people are not really being encouraged to use their own imaginations, x-box, video games, virtual reality does all of their imaginative thinking for them!
It has been proven that t.v. and video monitors actually alter brainwaves that make the viewer’s brain patterns move into a passive mode. Passive mode does not encourage active not imaginative thinking.
Is it any wonder that people believe that the “days of children reading books are numbered’?
It is up to us as librarians and as purveyors of literacy and knowledge to encourage children to continue to read, to expand their minds and imagination, and encourage them to think for themselves, rather than become virtual zombies, who are lead to the slaughter like sheep.
Interesting points! I’d
Interesting points! I’d like to hear a little more about how virtual reality is affecting children. Are they spending too much time in VR machines? Do you think the goggles and headsets have the same affect on their brainwaves as t.v. does?
Days of children reading books are numbered.
Children who come from low income families and do not have easy access to the internet and have parents who are interested in their educational growth will continue to read.
Days of children reading books are numbered
I have been hearing this for over 20 years now. Even in Library school we had an article read to us about the disappearing book. And at that time it was over 60 yrs old (article that is).
I work with kids and kids are still reading, many might not like what they are reading. But then again many adults don’t like what kids want to read in every generation.
It is proven that in our “paperless” society we are creating more and more paperwork. The same is true for books, no matter the format more books are still being produced and read by kids.