Play Activity – Week 5 – Bundlr

I decided to write about the wonderful world of reading.  To me reading empowers you and gives you access to the world of knowledge, imaginations and friendships.

IMPORTANCE OF READING:

[Riley Johnson and Squidoo]

1. Stress – reading a good book calms the mind
2. Vocabulary – by reading you increase your vocabulary
3. Communicator – reading helps you be better communicator with friends, colleagues and family
4. Confidence – while you are reading you gain knowledge and therefore it leads you to be more confident
5. Concentration – helps the brain to focus.

KNOWLEDGE:

[Riley Johnson] Reading is important to everyone.  It empowers us with the knowledge that helps us in everyday life  in other words  you became better at conversing with family, colleagues and friends. For example when we all enrolled in INN333 my main criteria was to gain knowledge. Knowledge helps us to understand other people and their cultures and to engage with them as fellow human beings.

IMAGINATIONS:

[Riley Johnson] One of the great things about reading is that it allows us to go into the world of make believe.

“Imagination and reading actually complement each other. Imagination helps increase a person’s knowledge of things and knowledge helps increase a person’s imagination” [Riley Johnson]

For an  hour or two we can forget about all the problems of the world and become a character in a book. For example

[Riley Johnson] Reading also has health benefits for kids and adults.  For example, when growing up Mum never was allowed to read, so when Mum had her nervous breakdown I introduced her to the wonderful world of  reading.  Reading allowed Mum to sit down and forget about the world around her.

FRIENDSHIPS:

The love of reading  allows you to gain friends. You can find friends by joining your local monthly Public Library Book Club for example, Seaside Readers Book Club at Deception Bay.  Other organisations that also provide’s book clubs are your local community organisations; universities (Australian Catholic University Book Club). With more and more people having access to the Internet there is really no reason for not participating in the wonderful world of reading. I have listed same examples of online websites:

1. Goodreads 
2. Open Library
3. Huff Post Book Club  

My favourite authors are:

• Patricia Cornwell
• Clive Cussler
• James Patterson
• Nora Robert

I love to read a book in print not as an eBook,  so I hope we never loose the printed book.

“Importance of Reading” on Bundlr