Counsellor's Corner

Reading for Wellbeing?

World Book Day is a special event in many schools, including ISA. Thanks to research, we also know that reading a novel is more important for mental health and social skills than previously thought.  Of course if you are a bookworm like me, you already know this!

What does the research say?

According to Dr Michael Mosley, reading a novel is:

- The ultimate stress reliever

- A workout for your brain

- A way to help you understand people better, and build your empathy skills

According to Child Mind Institute, reading to your children:

- Helps them to learn ways to handle social and emotional situations with more resilience

- Builds important language skills

- Nurtures the parent-child bond

My kindle recently stopped working, and the stack of "books" in my kindle, have turned into a stack of real life books.  I won't tell you how high the stack of books is...but I certainly look forward reading my next mystery novel...

Happy reading this weekend!

Warm regards,

Valerie DeGraw