First, pay attention to the spiritual happiness brought by free reading.
Childhood should be the blue sky of life reading, and children are eager for free and happy reading. Lu Xun attached great importance to cultivating children's interest in reading. He proposed in Reading Miscellaneous Talks that "there are at least two kinds of reading: one is professional reading and the other is hobby reading". Studying for a career sometimes means "reading books you don't like". But "love reading" is different, because it is voluntary, not forced at all, and it leaves a stake. Lu Xun knows children's reading psychology very well. Children often don't look at reading with the utilitarian logic of adults. They often wonder, "How can the moon go with people and how can the stars be embedded in the sky?" "He often thinks about the state above the moon, the underground situation, the use of flowers, and the words of insects; He wants to fly into the sky, and he wants to dive into the ant nest ... "Compared with children's reading nowadays, there are always too many adults' interventions, such as" improving writing level ","educating moral cultivation "and" improving test scores ",which makes it difficult for children to enjoy the spiritual happiness brought by free reading and interested reading. No wonder many children don't like reading today.
Second, advocate the state of idle reading.
Children's interest in reading can not be separated from the autonomy and freedom of reading, nor can they rule out the individual's idle reading state. It should be said that Lu Xun advocated reading at leisure. Jiang Yang once compared reading to "visiting at home", which is a life state of idle reading. It is completely relaxed and free, and it is also full of enthusiasm. But compared with today's children's books, it seems that there is no such idle flavor. The author made a small-scale chat survey and found that most children don't like reading. The main reason is "no taste, the books they read are stipulated by the teacher!" " "After reading a book, you should write reading notes and choose good words and sentences ..." When I asked, "Why don't you find some books you like?" Some even said, "I get bored when I see books. How can I have time! " It seems quite reasonable for Mr. Lu Xun to advocate casual reading. Of course, children need guidance in reading, but only if they like reading. Reading in leisure time may be a similar state for all people who love reading.
Third, advocate linking reading with life practice.
It is Lu Xun's consistent proposition that reading should be combined with real life. He said, "It is harmful to read only, so we must contact the real society and make the books we read come alive." He thinks that blindly reading everyone's books is what Schopenhauer said, "in his mind, racing for others." Therefore, "an observer had better read this living book with his own eyes", because "field experience is better than seeing, listening and dreaming". Advocate the connection between reading and life practice, think while reading, and have a critical eye instead of blindly swallowing dates. The childhood memories mentioned by Lu Xun in these well-known memoirs are of course not just nostalgia. From the perspective of children's reading, it actually gives us profound enlightenment: children's reading should let them think freely in free reading and gain valuable insights in the connection with life practice, so as to truly make children's reading a life, a life that greatly enriches and prolongs their lives. It should be said that this is exactly what children lack in reading nowadays.
Fourth, to study healthily for the "whole person"
Lu Xun said: "reading dead books harms yourself, and it hurts when you open your mouth;" But not studying is not necessarily good. " Dialectically, it is necessary to study healthily under the background of a "complete person". This "complete person" Lu Xun hopes that "the future life will always be more meaningful and complete than before, so it will be more valuable and valuable". A person's childhood memories are very important, and unforgettable memories often affect his life. However, as an adult, he may not know or want to know what childhood memories he left for his children. Because it seems insignificant. Didn't Lu Xun write this childhood memory into an article, which strongly showed his views on children's reading from one side? Tell your son to study and recite. Of course, fathers want their children to live well. This should be no problem. However, the father did not consider his son's feelings and expectations at this moment. As a result, a good wish has become an unforgettable injury for children. Looking back on children's reading at present, if the so-called "extracurricular reading" is explicitly or firmly advocated and regarded by adults as a measure of "losing extracurricular supplements in class", if it is still forcibly tied to the chariot of "improving test scores" and "improving enrollment rate", instead of being placed in a happy, free and healthy reading environment for children, it may still be a kind of harm to children's growth and development. There is a "Weekly Reading Statistics Table" in the newspaper to supervise pupils' extracurricular reading, with as many as 12 items: reading time, reading content, reading type, reading attitude, number of words, excerpts of beautiful words, parents' evaluation, weekly in-group evaluation, excerpts of reading content and so on. No wonder many primary school students' interest in reading has been dispelled under various "requirements" and "regulations".
V. Spiritual food for children
Lu Xun was very dissatisfied with the irresponsible attitude of the author and publishing industry towards children's books. He deeply felt that children's books at that time were really a big problem, and he was not angry when he accidentally saw some printed things, contents and articles. With such education, the future of young people can be imagined. " He stressed that the creation or translation of children's books must pay attention to quality: "In old works, there are only ancient' beneficial' and ancient' tasty' ... but there are no people who observe animals, plants and the human world with new eyes and ears like modern new children." "For the sake of the new child, we must give him new works, so that he can keep sprouting and grow towards the ever-changing new world." Lu Xun attached great importance to children's books, which should face the requirements of the new era and new social reality and do everything for the healthy growth of "new children". This shows his good intentions.