READING PROVIDED BY THE MOTHER AS THE WAY TO DEVELOP LOVE FOR BOOKS IN CHILDREN AGED 3-6

Marina S. Mamontova¹*, Svetlana Y. Smirnova² ,
Valentina E. Kutasova³, Nadezhda V. Spesivtseva⁴ 
and Anna V. Filatova⁵

¹Associate Prof., Mari State University, Russia, mamontova-ms@mail.ru
²Associate Prof., Mari State University, Russia, jur.ka@rambler.ru
³Associate Prof., Mari State University, Russia, vkutasova@mail.ru
⁴Associate Prof., Mari State University, Russia, leovik2009@yandex.ru
⁵Associate Prof., Mari State University, Russia, annvit@rambler.ru
*Corresponding author

Abstract
The social situation in contemporary Russia has made issues relating to reading development more relevant. The issue of developing children’s love for books in the family and communication between parents and children through reading is becoming more essential. Reading provided by the mother is part of family reading. The study of this problem allows us to diagnose the process of formation of a human personality and scientifically prove the development of intelligence. The aim of this work is to study the influence of reading provided by the mother on independent reading of children aged 3-6. The study was conducted in the Central Children’s Library, Infant School 72 and Infant School 90, Yoshkar-Ola. The research findings prove that reading provided by the mother is a complex sociocultural pedagogical phenomenon which is an integral part of the socialization process of children and the development of their personality. It is quite a complex psychological process which develops the child’s intelligence and helps parents teach the child to experience and share feelings, to understand other people and themselves. It is a long, continuous process of introducing a particular culture through literature. It requires a lot of parents’ time (to find a good book and read it to the child) and effort (children’s books are not always interesting to adults, parents have to reread books several times, make comments). The process of developing young children’s love for books involves taking into account age peculiarities of the child, the selection of books for a home library, giving books to the child as a present, giving the child permission to choose a book for reading, reading with the child together, joint activities of libraries and parents to help children enjoy books and support their interest in reading. The study has identified some social factors which prevent mothers and children from communicating through books: mothers are more concerned about children’s physical health than their intellectual development; most children’s books are rather expensive; electronic gadgets, computer games are very popular with children; a huge range of children’s books makes it difficult to choose good books, home background factors. The research shows that most mothers are aware of the importance of sharing a book with the child and encouraging the child to read on their own. According to the study, most mothers read to their children books they remember from childhood. But nowadays there are a lot of modern Russian writers that are unknown to a wide range of parents. In such situation children’s libraries can be a navigator in information flow. Thus, the study has confirmed the leading role of the family, mothers, in particular, in the formation of young children’s reading tastes, preferences and their reading attainment. The survey has showed that mothers and children’s libraries should be involved in joint activities to develop children’s love for reading.

Keywords: children’s reading, books, library, family reading.