Why reading should be prioritised during book week
We
urge all parents concentrating on book week costume
during book week to try a new approach and encourage their kids to
read. There is no need to focus on the best, biggest and brightest
outfit when your child is doing poorly in school.
Competition
Book
week is typically meant for competition. It is all about children’s
books and reading. It is fun to sit down and read books together than
to stay up until late night making costumes. Reading can help parents
build stronger relationships with their children. Instead of
competing on dressing, kids can compete on reading.
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Keeping
families together
If
we embrace reading on book week, we can keep families together. Poor
parents try very hard to meet the increasing social and self-imposed
expectations for the most appropriate and the best costume. Social
media also adds to the competitive strain. This can force families
that are not financially well-off to struggle hard to get expensive
book
week costumes in Australia.
Most
parents don’t have time for costumes
While
costumes are very important for book week, most parents are busy
working and struggling to make money and make their kids comfortable.
They don’t have enough time to make costumes so there is a lot of
anxiety when preparing for book week and this can be very stressful
for some parents.
Connecting
parents and children
Book
week can be used to connect parents with children. Aside from getting
a suitable book week costume
for your kids, you can look for books that your kids enjoy reading
and read them together. However, we should not restrict our kids from
wearing what they want. If there is a superhero costume that your
child would like to wear, let them wear the costume without
restricting them. Children tend to read better when they have the
peace of mind to do so.
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