Personal And Academic Value Of Literature To Children

Personal and academic value of literature to children

7 Personal values of children lit • 1. enjoyment 2. imagination and inspiration 3. knowledge and insights 4. understanding and empathy 5. heritage and cultural identity 6. moral reasoning 7. literary and artistic preferences

Enjoyment • most important personal gain; positive early experiences often lead to a lifetime of reading enjoyment

Imagination and Inspiration • vicariously experience a different world, inspire to overcome obstacles and accpet differences

Knowledge and Insights • offer information and wisdom; broaden experiences; viewing a situation from a different perspective

Understanding and Empathy • gain and appreciate universality of human needs; all humans are alike to some degree; and develop social justice

Heritage and Cultural Identity • connection to our past; appreciate history

Moral Reasoning • formulate own concepts of right and wrong; way to test out the outcomes of their choices

Literary and Artistic Preferences • recognize styles of authors and illustrators; select favorites

Academic Value • the sheer enjoyment of reading, instils a sense of love for literature. • Children’s literatureengages the child, and creates a pattern, a ritual whereby children continue to read, and therebylearn and grow from all its other benefits.

Academic Value • Illustrations help children to learn (help to tell the story) -Also as aesthetical value (art)

Academic Value • Literacy success • as the more time children spend reading literature, the better their reading and writing abilities become.

Academic value • Improvement in Social development • Bill McGinley , said that “literature is a part of our culture. It not only reflects our cultural norms, values and beliefs but it can also help shape them.”