Discuss your earliest experiences with reading

My Early Reading Experience

To begin with , I believe that reading is one of the most important skills a person acquires throughout his life . It is crucial that a child becomes familiar with literature at an early age . Not only does it broaden the perspective and open a whole new world full of excitement adventures , suspense and information , but it also serves to develop the child 's imagination and critical thinking skills . Reading is absolutely invaluable as it provides the child with certain behavioral patterns teaches him to tell right from wrong

p Looking back at my own experience with reading I must admit that I am very grateful to my parents for introducing me to the fascinating world of literature at a very early age . My parents must have realized the importance of developing the reading skills in me , but also what can be better for keeping the child 's attention and interest than an interesting book ? So guided partly by the desire to enhance my personal development and partly - to keep me out of trouble , my parents dedicated a lot of time to reading to me and later with me

I believe that my reading experience started before I can recall , but the first memories of it go back to the time when I was around two years old . I remember quite clearly that most of the time it was my Mom who read to me . Her soft and gentle voice added to the charm and appeal of the whole experience . Sometimes Dad would also participate in our reading sessions , but it was quite a rare occasion , because he was always busy . As a child I was very active and enjoyed playing outside running , jumping and misbehaving . But my Mom knew just what to do when she wanted me to settle down . She would take one of my favorite books and start reading . I got so used to Mom reading to me at bedtime that I couldn 't imagine falling asleep without hearing a fairytale or a story I remember quite clearly a couple of times when I got in trouble for something and I didn 't get my bedtime story . My parents couldn 't have thought of a more effective punishment . I was so upset about being deprived of my daily trip to the imaginary world of my favorite characters that I was more than motivated to behave

Speaking about my favorite bedtime-books , I should mention the fairytales by the Grimm Brothers . I knew each and every one of them by heart , but still asked my Mom to read them to me over and over again and every time I was so delighted to trace the story line as if I didn 't know what was going to happen at the end

The next stage of my experience with reading was actually learning to read . It started when I was about three years old . Again , quite predictably , it was my Mom who was my instructor . She gradually taught...