Tag: Reading

Reading Practices in Europe ??? part I. Ancient Greece

These days I am greatly interested in the issues of reading and history of the changes which occurred in the reading practices. How people switched from reading aloud to silent reading? Why reading became popular? When people began to read for pleasure? This post is my first attempt to find answers ...

These 28 Reading Rules Transformed My Life

I love to read. I don’t know when and how I fell in love with reading. I don’t know when or where, but I remember while reading a book, I learned that it’s possible to learn almost anything if you can develop this crucial habit called reading. I used to read fiction and, most...

How Does Reading Affect Your Brain

I fell in love at a time I don’t even remember. I grew up in a tiny remote village where most people were farmers, and 99% of the farmers never went to school. My father somehow did some schooling and joined the police force. I was lucky that he used to read a lot, pretty much all the ti...

Neuroscience Behind Why I Read 1000 Books With My Son Before He Turned 5

Reading aloud to your baby regularly and widely has unimaginable benefits. It’s a parent’s true superpower! I serendipitously stumbled upon the book ‘The Read-Aloud Handbook,’ which opened my eyes to the magnificent benefits of reading to children from birth to three or fi...

Discoveries after reading Alchemist 3 times

One thing I learned going through a transformation in 2023 is: The personal legend is not achieved but fulfilled. Everyone is born with their personal legend. And the capacity of that personal legend is similar to something we coin as a person’s “dish” in Korea...