For
Ordinary Level and Advanced Level
Reading
Books
Reading
improves critical thinking skills
Given
the availability of all kinds of information via the internet, people might be
asking, “Why is reading so important if I can just google it?” Google might
give you a lot of information—sometimes factual and sometimes not, but it
doesn’t tell you how to think. Building critical thinking skills is more
important than ever for our children. Especially if they are using the internet.
Critical thinking, or the ability to think deeply about a topic, question or
idea, is a skill that needs to be practiced like any other.
When
children spend a lot of time reading, they strengthen their ability to think
about something from another point of view and to problem solve for someone
outside of themselves. Finding solutions to a character’s problem helps
children to think through other issues around them with similar discernment.
