A Healthy Snack Is Key While Children Explore Reading

By BigEyeUg Team Reading has from time memorial been attributed to better a child’s development.& Numerous studies have highlighted that reading helps with building literacy skills, fosters social interaction between children and adults, creates an imaginative world, and is a stable source of information throughout a child’s life. Esther Birungi, a teacher and proprietor of the Children’s Book Club (CBC) – Kiwatule says: “Reading is important for children because it helps with building reasoning, language development, faster information processing, deeper understanding, develops empathy while building stronger relationships in life. I urge parents to purposefully encourage their children to read a book every week to develop stronger IQ’s (Intelligence Quotients) and emotional intelligence, especially in this digital era where their minds are extremely distracted by social media, games and entertainment on easily accessible gadgets.” Birungi added that reading duration knows no age because the interest and speed of one’s reading goes beyond that, it’s a skill that a child has to nurture right at an early age. “It is possible to find a 4-year-old reading faster and better than a 10-year-old, because the former grasped the skill earlier than the latter. “ “It is also crucial to note that while children...