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What is different about children?

In Daechi-dong, where it seems like they only teach problem-solving techniques, there is a person who has been digging a well called 'reading books' for nearly 30 years.
Kim Soo-mi is the CEO of the reading and writing academy 'Non-Sul Hwarang', which boasts 5,000 students and 15,000 students on the waiting list.
Having taught tens of thousands of children for 26 years, he has seen countless instances of children who gradually built their reading skills at the Nonsul Gallery during their preschool and elementary school years rapidly improving their grades when they entered middle and high school.
As a result, trust in the teaching methods of Nonsulhwarang gradually developed among those who initially did not pay much attention, and through word of mouth alone, it established itself as a prestigious school in Daechi-dong.


With over 10,000 parents attending the Nonsul Hwarang education information sessions each year, many parents are interested in Hwarang's educational methods and curious about its secrets.
What is the secret behind reading classes that children enjoy more than their parents? How can we immerse children in the world of reading? "Reading Classes That Create a Super Gap in Academic Achievement" provides the most concrete answers to these questions and offers a unique opportunity to glimpse the secrets of Daechi-dong's leading reading education institution.

Moreover, unlike other subjects, Korean language proficiency, which is one's native language, is a basic ability that forms the basis of thinking ability.
Just learning Korean and being able to communicate smoothly in Korean on a daily basis does not mean that your Korean language skills are complete.
Aren't there people who read more difficult texts and understand and utilize higher-level concepts?
In developing these intellectual abilities, early childhood education and exposure to the mother tongue are key factors in determining a child's starting point.
---From "The Structure of the Mother Language Becomes the Structure of Thought"

The second thing to check when your child hates reading is the difficulty level of the book.
Children enjoy books that they can read fluently using their own reading skills.
It's hard even for adults to feel fun when there's no progress at all.
So, you should think about whether you are making your child read books as if they were studying because you want them to read difficult books.
Moreover, reading books this way not only destroys interest but also confidence.
Of course, that doesn't mean you can never read difficult books.
However, increasing the reading difficulty requires appropriate timing and experience.

---From "How to Immerse Yourself in the Joy of Reading"

Reading habits are developed over the next three years, starting when a child learns to read and begins to read on his or her own.
For a child who learns Hangul at age 5, the period of habit formation is from age 5 to 7, and for a child who learns Hangul at age 7, the period of habit formation is from age 7 to 9.
Considering this, it is disadvantageous for infants and toddlers, who have relatively weak thinking skills, to start learning Hangul early in life in order to develop the habit of reading.

---From "The Foundation of Studying: Developing the Habit of Reading"

In schools, reading aloud training is actively conducted in the first and second grades, and from the third grade onwards, reading aloud is not conducted separately other than representative reading of textbooks during class.
However, it is good to continue reading practice even in higher grades.
Because nothing builds basic physical strength as much as reading aloud as a direct training that can improve literacy.
That's why you can gauge whether someone's literacy is high or low by having them read aloud.
In addition, you can also check your child's reading habits.
You can determine your child's reading level by having them read aloud a text of about 1,000 words and checking how many times they make mistakes on each letter.

---From "3 Abilities Gained Through Reading Training"

In Hwarang, we begin by teaching children the concept of geography, the physical environment surrounding them, and then, based on this, we teach them the concepts of society and culture, and then, on top of that, the concepts of economics, law, and politics.
This process is usually completed over a one-year period in the third grade of elementary school, and once the understanding of these basic concepts is established to a certain extent, an advanced process is conducted to apply the new concepts learned so far in a complex manner.

---From "Hwarang's Reading Education Method for Developing Background Knowledge"

The fairy tale's somewhat formulaic conclusion may seem trite, but for children, it is a crucial step in learning to trust the world.
Children project themselves into picture books, learn to be courageous every day, overcome difficulties, and gain confidence through this process, and grow into strong children.
In this way, picture books are a valuable resource that purifies children's emotions and builds self-esteem.

---From "The Amazing Power of Picture Books to Build Self-Esteem and Literacy"


These days, parents stop reading storybooks to their children too early.
Parents who are impatient to acquire background knowledge encourage their children to read non-fiction and watch educational comics too quickly.
There are even parents who completely forbid their children from reading storybooks.
It's really sad that people don't consider something worthwhile just because the child likes it or because the child can do it easily.
The only way to become a child who is good at creating stories is to be exposed to so many stories and imagine them from a young age that you get tired of them.

---From "The Secret of a Child Who Reads Non-Fiction Books Without Hesitation"

After the 4th grade of elementary school, the reasoning ability that forms the basis of logical thinking begins to develop rapidly.
A genre that helps develop children's reasoning skills at this age is mystery novels.
'Deduction' is an extension of imagination, and it is the act of inferring the future with plausibility based on clues from reality.
Mystery novels are a genre that depicts the exciting process of deducing the cause of past events.
If you read a mystery novel and repeat the thought activity of finding cause and effect, your logical thinking skills can greatly improve.

---From "Extended Reading for Children at the Starting Line of Learning"

Children are supposed to write in a slow and steady manner.
It is natural to write inscriptions, and you cannot use a variety of vocabulary.
Spelling can also be wrong.
Teaching these children to use artificially excessive figurative language, onomatopoeia, and mimetic words before they have even established their own writing style is a cruel act that destroys their most precious individuality.
When a child writes in a childlike sentence or with a childlike thought, you need to give him/her specific feedback so that he/she knows that his/her writing is the best writing in the world.
A child who feels proud of his or her own immature writing can confidently express his or her thoughts and develop a good writing style.

---From "Let the child's speech become writing"