Who doesn't love 🤍🤍 reading 📚? In this blog, we will have a look at the importance of reading 📚skills.
Why are Reading skills important?
> Reading 📚 is an important 👌🏼 part of the English language 🗣 because it helps you develop
other skills such as vocabulary 🔤, grammar, and writing ✍🏼.
> Reading 📚 not only allows learners to explore 🕶 many different topics of interest but also
to achieve this skill academically ✨.
What are the KEY benefits of reading?
1. Reading 📚 improves your vocabulary 🔤 and comprehension.
2. Empowers 💪🏼 you to connect 💫 and engage with others 👩🏼🤝🧑🏽 who share the same interests as you.
3. Reduces ⬇ stress and prepares you for a good night's rest 🛌🏼.
4. Assists in fighting 👊🏼 depression 🙁 symptoms.
5. Strengthens 💪🏼 your brain 🧠.
Top 3 tips to improve your Reading skills:
1. Set Reading 📚 goals 🎯
> Whatever goals 🎯 you may have towards your reading 📚 progress, write them down ✍🏼 in your notebook 📔 or diary 📜 and keep track of them by marking/ticking ✅ the goals you have achieved.
> Setting goals 🎯 can help motivate you to practise your skills and allow you to be more mindful 🤔of your improvements ✨.
2. Identify🔎keywords
> Identifying 🔎 the 'keywords' in reading texts is very important 👌🏼. This will allow you to understand what exactly you are reading 📚.
> Finding the keywords will also help you read 📚 more efficiently 💯.
3. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, so practise, practise, practise:
> Always make time 🕐 for reading 📚, whether you read a storybook or your school textbooks reading strengthens 💪🏼 your brain 🧠.
> Don't worry about making mistakes, the more you read 📚, the more you will improve ✨ on this skill.
> Try to read 📚 out loud 🗣 to a friend or family member 👩🏻🤝🧑🏽👩👩👧👦 and ask them about the areas you can improve, whether it's accuracy, speed or even pronunciation 🗣 of difficult vocabulary 🔤, write ✍🏼 them down and practise these areas of development ⭐.
💃🏼 GAME TIME!! 😃
Who says reading 📚 should be a boring experience? We can have fun while reading 📚 by playing games 🃏🃏.
Try this fun 😃 reading 📚 game with your friends 👩🏻🤝🧑🏽 and be sure to make a great 👌🏼 improvement in your reading 📚 skills:
📚 READING BINGO!!
Close your eyes 🙈 and circle 3 words from the chart. Write ✍🏼 a short sentence with each word. For example: "Read - I read books every day".
If you get three in a row, You're the winner!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

You can also use the downloadable version:
⭐ Remember practice makes perfect! Good-luck! ⭐
What other reading tips and tricks do you know? What works best for your kids? Let us know by commenting or sending videos or images to this blog: https://www.exploreplanetenglish.com/post/reading-skills-for-kids