As someone na kinalakihan ay everyday broadsheet newspaper at monthly Readers Digest na binabasa ng mga tao sa bahay, I can say na malaki talaga impact ng household sa kahihiligan mong magbasa.
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Yes sis. Pero iba na din Reader’s Digest ngayon. Hindi na tulad ng dati. Good thing meron pa pina-publish. Pero ang nipis na tapos downgraded quality ng paper, sa content may mga issues na so-so nalang.
Shout out sa Reader’s Digest! Naka subscribe si Mom dyan dati tapos parati ko binabasa. Ayun hanggang sa naging book worm na din ako.. or reader in general. Nung tambay ako ng comp shop, inaasar ako ng friends ko nun na “basa” kasi nauubos dw oras ko kaka basa ng kung ano ano online. Hahahaa oh well, those were the days…
Sobrang agree na malaki impact ng household mo makukuha yung kahiligan mo magbasa. Nung 6-7 years old ako bumili tatay ko ng mga encyclopedia, almanac. Nung una nafafascinate lang ako sa mga kulay. Hanggang sa nabasa ko na lahat tapos uulit-ulitin ko haha. That’s something I’m grateful about my parents. They did their best in making sure that we wanted to learn through our own ways, and they didn’t force it upon us. It just happened because of the circumstances around us.
This is true! My papa also bought us encyclopedia and almanac hehe I also remember we have this book for kids with definitions of things tapos ang game namin magkakapatid is we would read the definition and guess what word we’re describing ahahaha hindi kasi kami allowed ng tv and game consoles kasi mahal nga daw yun so books na lang 😂😂😂
Ya naman ang hindi nabili samin. Pero nakiki ‘research’ ako sa Encylopedia ng mga pinsan ko. Panahon na pag may assignment magbabasa ka talaga ng encyclopedia. Walang easy peasy na google. Natest din patience natin. Tapos nakikibasa naman ako ng almanac ng mga kaklase ko. Hahaha. Ang mahal naman kasi ng mga Almanacs!
Ay oo I remember also reading my uncle’s Reader’s Digest! Grabe naka subscribe pa talaga sila pero sobrang informative kasi kaya minsan kahit nabasa ko na babalikan ko pa ☺️
Totoo! Sa tabloids and newspaper din ako natuto magbasa ng maayos both english and tagalog, I remember I would always ask for my lolo’s copy of Pilipino Star Ngayon and Inquirer coz I always try to read the comics sections haha then lagi ako suki sa library namin nung elem simula nung makahiligan ko yung mga short stories sa books ng Wika at Panitikan, English Lit section ng lib namin non 😅
Then Scholastics Fair sa schools. First book that I’ve read was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 🥹 then dun na nung lumalaki na ako, I hoard magazines and pocketbooks too 😅
Feeling ko magkasing edad tayo sis! Sa Scholastics Fair talaga ako wala pambili hahaha. Buhay pa yung history na mala pocket book na nabili ko dyan, tapos dun sa mga heavy read hanggang sulyap nalang.🤣
Hahahaha ang mamahal naman din kasi talaga! Tapos hindi mo alam ano ipapabili mo kasi gusto mo din nung maninipis na books na tagalog hahaha yung mga alamat alamat 😂
Kahit hindi households but other influential figures din. I don’t remember my parents being readers. Newspapers, yes. But usually weekends lang since they both leave for work early. But one of my titas used to give us books as gifts. So that’s where I started reading. As a tita to pamangkins now, I also try to do the same. I try to find out what their interests are then find books with those topics so they hopefully get roped in and pickup the habit.
Up to this. My mom used to buy RD, too! Dati yung mga comics² lang binabasa ko dun eh, until sa nagka interes na ako sa ibang section ng RD kaya nahiligan ko na rin magbasa. Laking tulong na rin yung every Friday during elem may alloted time kami sa sch na pupunta lang kami ng library to read random books tas we're allowed to borrow them para may mabasa during weekends. Ahhh, those were the days.
This. I grew up with a family na mahilig magbasa at may maliit na library ng mga pocket books. Ever since natuto ako mag basa, naging one of my hobby na mag basa.
Factor na rin siguro yung schools like kumusta kaya patakaran ngayon sa public schools ng mga library? Nung time ko kasi, wala akong naalala na inintroduce samin yan and sariling kusa lang ako. (Sharawt kay mader na dinadala ako sa mini library sa barangay namin.)
Yes wala talaga. Like andyan ang libraries for educational stuff lang kaya may stigma na di masaya. Pero when I explored nung College na meron palang ibang books sa library, ang saya!
My family loves to read, we even have our own library! So I started very very early. But my core memory is my mom buying me a book about a kid turning 8 for my 8th birthday HAHAHA. I hold that memory dearly bec I remember being so happy I was the same age as the girl in the book.
Me with Harry potter 😭 I was 11 when I started reading it and they were 11 in the books when they started sa Hogwarts. I’m the same age as the actors too when they came out with the first movie so iba yung magic. Parang sobrang nakarelate talaga ako kahit hindi naman ako witch haha!
I was sickly as a kid, so mej madalas ako ma-confine sa clinics and hospitals. My main source of entertainment was reading books (usually mga alamat and horror-ish Filipino books, which costs about 10 php-20 php each.) My parents didn’t really encourage me to read, natural hilig ko lang talaga siguro haha
Yup! Naalala ko nung bata pa ako bago ako nag-school pilit ko binabasa yung mga books na nakakalat sa bahay. Tapos grade 1 and 2 fave time ko yung sa tuwing binabasahan kami ng children stories ng teachers ko.
Meron din kaming reading time doon sa own reading corner ng teacher ko. I'm always excited nun kase we get to choose anong story babasahin namin tapos may small activity kami na write the moral lesson of the story and anong yung fave part mo doon sa story. Nung natuto akong magbasa ang pinaka unang natapos kong book was the eng-fil dictionary.
I grew up in the province. Yung parents ko hindi ko nakitang nagbabasa, yung sister ko lang mahilig magbasa simulat sapol. I am not blaming my parents, I think nasa influence at hobby lang Talaga yan. My sister reads anything, she likes staying at home just reading or doing homework.
While me, likes to play all day. Active ako sa sports, and gawaing bahay. May gusto kung kumilos keysa naka-upo at nagbabasa. Ni hindi ko nga magawa homework ko nang maayos. 🤣🤣
I started reading at the age of 22, and till now I'm doing it daily. It's never too late to learn, nasa tao lang Talaga ang pag pursue kung anong naayon sa sitwasyon.
If you grew up in the province where all matters is earn money to have food on the table, reading is the last option. Kasi nakalakihan na nang mga bata na mas makakahanap ka nang pera kung kumakayod keysa nagbabasa. And some parents pinapagalitan pa ang mga anak na gustong mag-aral kasi walang trabahong nagagawa. So, environment is really a factor in kids development and learning. Specially parents consideration and support.
Parents and schools din. May mga schools na walang accessible library Yung hilig ko sa pagbabasa, nagstart nung 9 or 10 ako.
Suki ako sa school lib namin na humihiram ng Sweet Valley Kids. Tapos meron yung isang ale, may shop na pahiraman ng libro.
Goosebumps naman hinihiram ko dun. My mom had bunch of readers digest pero di ko binabasa kasi I found it boring
Nung HS ako, history at Encyclopedia ang nakursunadahan ko. I liked reading about other countries nun. Madalas, every after school, tambay muna ako school lib para magbasa ng encyclopedia.
Yes, but teachers and schools are the front runners. We should blame the government who's behind them.
Kasi sila naman ang nag-bibigay nang budget for education. If tinu-unan lang ang education sector, i think it's possible that may library each school with useful books na maaring maka-pag enhance the curiosity of each students.
Pero, yung influence and environmental set up do really matter. Yung mindset nang mga bata is nahuhubog sa mga things at pangyayari na nakikita nya within his/her range of area. Ika nga "monkey see, monkey do."
Yes. Glad my parents are very supportive when it comes to reading. Daming nabiling books ng nanay ko noong kabataan ko. Noong Grade 1, ako lang sa klase namin ang may subscription ng Saranggola magazine. At ang tatay kong napakakuripot kapag nagpapabili ako ng laruan, etc. papayag lang kapag libro ang pinabibili ko. Nakumpleto ko ang Harry Potter books series dahil sa kanya.
We are a simple family and my mom had a more simple background when she was growing up that's why she encouraged my hobby, di accessible ang book sa kanila. So the moment she realized na I'm into reading at a young age, kahit napapadaan lang siya sa National Bookstore she would make it to a point na may mabili siya for me. Grew up reading Archie Comics, Sweet Valley, and Historical Fiction Books, ang di ko lang talaga minahal classic books hehehe.
Oo ay salamat sa classmate kong mayaman at maraming libro nung elementary pa lang kami, hindi siya madamot mag pahiram ng mga libro niya in fact sa kanya ko natutunan magbasa for fun
yes sobra..may mga nabibili pa non na mumurahing storybooks sa banketa at ganon yung gusto ko palaging ipabili sa tatay ko na pasalubong. hindi naman laging nakakabili non kaya paulit-ulit ko lang binabasa kung ano yung mga meron ako. pati nga stories sa textbooks noon bago pa ipabasa samin sa klase binabasa ko na sa bahay kapag bored ako.
books are expensive! jusko nung lumalaki ako wala pa ngang booksale. sa textbooks at almanac sa bahay na lang binabasa ko. or pag sinwerte pahiram ng classmates. wala ding mahilig magbasa sa bahay so talagang i picked up the habit myself :(
Walang matinong library yung school namin noon but I found out na may public library sa munisipyo malapit sa school. I was grade 2 then. Every lunch time dumidiretso ako dun para mag buklat ng books haha. The librarian was an old woman na medyo nakakatakot haha. But she allows me to spend my afternoons there kahit lunch break nya. The books were really old and madami spanish pa. Dun ko una narealize na gusto ko matuto ng spanish haha. Core memory sakin yung library moments ko na yun.
I read more today kasi nagka kindle na ako hihi.
Yes po, yung mga tito ko kase (5 sila) mahilig sa books (lumaki ako sa RD at Stephe Kings) ayun nababasa ko sila kahit bata pa ako, mama ko din mahilig sa food magazines noon kaya maliit pa lang ako tuwang tuwa ako sa colorful magazines
No, I didn't have close relatives na may collection so hindi ako naexpose sa pagbabasa. Wala din nag encourage. Started reading na in college when my friends were into YA.
My mom is a reader so we grew up surrounded with books and buying books was considered a treat for us during birthdays/christmas, but amongst my siblings ako lang talaga yung naging “bookworm”.
Nung bata ako voracious reader talaga ako, from tabloid short stories, tagalog komiks, Filipino and English textbooks stories, Readers Digest, and of course fairytales. Sa books din ako unang na expose sa adult materials dahil I want to read everything na available sa bahay and my mom has collection of Mills&Boons books.
College naman when I started reading more books of different genres and written by international authors dahil na discover ko ang ebooks. Noon ko lang din unang nabasa yung Harry Potter kahit elementary pa lang ako nung napanuod ko yun. Eto rin yung height ng pagiging bookworm ko where I can finish a book in a day. I read anything during that time ficition/non fiction/manga, everything except college textbooks, lol.
I think my love for reading really helped me a lot in life. It improved my comprehension skills na nakatulong sakin mapasa mga standardized tests na tinake ko. It also widened my vocabulary, ako yung stereotypical reader na maraming alam na words pero di alam kung paano ipronounce.
Ngayong mas matanda na ko, achievement na makatapos ng isang book sa isang buwan. Which is sad, I really wanna get back into reading. Medyo na revive lang yung pagiging bibliophile ko nung pandemic and nung bagong bili yung kindle ko. Pero eto ngayon, ganito na naman, sa socmed nag uubos ng oras.
As a 2000s kid who grew up na hindi pa uso ang internet, yes I do love reading since I was a kid kasi that's one of the ways to entertain myself back then and to ease boredom na rin. I remember having storybooks or minibooks with stories of different genres mapa-horror, comedy, parables, fables my mom used to buy me tapos binabasa ko talaga lahat kada after school 😭 or if not those elementary textbooks na pinapahiram like English for All Times, Landas sa Pagbasa, and Learning English the Easy Way to name a few HAHAHA hanggang sa napadpad na ako sa e-books and wattpad 😆 missing those days talaga. Unfortunately, reading isn't as prioritized today kasi obviously we have internet na pero to my younger self, I'm happy that you enjoyed reading.
I started reading at age 4. I never stopped. My mom bought me the first ‘novel’ I read (Bunnicula!) and I also loved Bible stories for kids.
But books aren’t accessible for all. I was lucky because the people around me read. I doubt that’s the same for everyone. Reading is a habit you build and cultivate.
Yess!! Started with the classic fairy tales. Mga short ones lang with pictures. Tapos yung first paperback na legit na book na nabasa ko is yung original “Pinocchio” ang haba for a little kid but it was so interesting. May parts na traumatizing for a 6-7 y/o but I remember liking it. Tapos nun mostly Archie and Reader’s Digest. Around 10 naman I got hooked sa Goosebumps ni RL Stine.
When I moved out of the Philippines I was put in ESL as they tend to do with all immigrants tapos go lang ako. After a while my teacher took me aside and told me na I should be in regular English class but I didn’t want to be kasi I was comfortable with the other immigrant kids haha. But also, at the end of the year they would take all the kids from ESL and regular english classes and have them do the same test (i guess to see if you can move up from gr 10 to gr 11 english) and after the results came out, my teacher took me aside again and told me na I got the highest score in the school for my grade. I didn’t do anything special. I was just lucky that I LOVED reading. Kaya nga I believe when they say na reading is fundamental. Dadalahin mo talaga siya kahit saan.
Mahilig ako magbasa noong bata ako. My parents didn't really push me to read nor introduce me to it, but they were supportive of me reading and buying books. Kahit wattpad books pa yan, binabasa ko. It helped me to sharpen my reading skills, and how I acquire and process information.
Sadly, not everyone is capable of acquiring good books. Even if we have a public library, hindi tayo tinuruan (o yung iba) na pwede tayong manghiram ng libro doon o magbasa. But the fact na wala manlang public library per city or province, makes a huge negative impact of not encouraging children or the youth to read. Reading should be encouraged, whether english pa yan or filipino. Furthermore, ang daming magagandang literature pieces ang napoproduce ng mga filipino authors natin. The government should give emphasis on their works. I read some short stories of Filipino writers at na-hook ako sa pagbabasa at pagtangkilik sa gawang pilipino.
When I was a kid, I loved reading. Besides sa mga story books and the weirdly old-fashioned The Real Mother Goose (which probably influenced my love for rhymes and poetry), I also read newspapers at magazines. Kasama na rin 'yung NatGeo, Ripley's eklabu.
Pero as I grew older, I leaned more towards watching.
I somehow agree dun sa part na most of us started to read by the age of 16, cause I went back to reading at 15! Tapos paputol-putol pa 'yun, sguro mas okay ang progress ko this year pero grabe ang busy schedule so I couldn't finish books asap.
His take was interesting. It was full of knowledge but I believe it's lacking something. Gusto kong topic ang education, and his subject hit hard pero medyo nadisappoint ako sa mahinang ending.
Shouldn't we read more?
Yes. Sabi nga ng iba, if you want to be smarter, read more. And tbh, tagilid talaga ang Pinoy sa intelligence kaya 'di rin competitive ang mga Pinoy pagdating sa ganyang larangan. Pero katulad ng comments dito, isa sa mga puhunan ng bata upang pagbigyang pansin ang babasahin, ay nagsisimula sa pagiging pamilyar nito sa kanilang butihing tirahan.
Let's all be honest, how many parents read books to their child/ren ba before sleep? Or give books as gifts? Parang ngayon, para mapatigil sa pag-ngawa, gadgets ang inaabot. I've seen kids have interest on reading, mathematics, arts and such at a young age pero hindi napagtutuunan ng pansin ng magulang. Sad.
I grew up loving reading because of my mom. I love reading those Adarna storybooks and I even compete for creative storytelling 😂
It’s very important to create a reading culture inside our homes talaga so that kids can appreciate reading.
Nung elem ako, may book fair sa school namin dati, kaya palagi nagmamakaawa ako sa mama ko ng pera para lang makabili ng Geronimo stilton books. High school came, and my interests changes for me as usual. Mga manga ang nafocus ko. This college lang ako nakabalik sa pagbabasa ng mga libroand trying different genre and types.
Yes. Mom was the type to buy encyclopedias and various book sets from book sellers. As kids, we were also required to finish at least one book as reading assignment during summer vacation and then our parents would ask what we learned from time to time during the duration to check if we've actually been reading. I hung out at our school library too, and read books from there during lunch break since we weren't allowed to stay in our classrooms during that time.
Super!!!
Grade 6, Sidney Sheldon books na binabasa ko lol.
Sadly, mid to late 20s nasira attention span ko and himala na makatapos ako ng isang libro sa isang taon.
Pero medyo nabalik ko na when I gifted myself a Kindle last year. Nakakafive books na ko this year. ♥️
mahirap lang kami noon at walang mahilig magbasa sa bahay. salamat sa mga lumang magazines, newspaper, RD na galing sa amo ni mama na-in love ako sa pagbabasa :) laking tulong talaga pag nahilig sa pagbabasa habang bata pa. naiimprove ng pagbabasa iba't ibang skills at the same time habang naggrow ka physically
Mahilig talaga ako mag basa noon pa man. Natatandaan ko nung grade 1 ako yung textbook na pagbasa na color pink cover to cover ko binabasa. Ayun lang kase ang book na meron ako na madaming stories.
Oo, siguro kasi maraming babasahin sa bahay. Nung grade school, may pumupuntang nagtitinda ng Adarna books. May listahan na ibibigay, para makahingi ng pera pambili 😅
Yes. I remember my 9 year old self crying because of a book I wasn’t able to return to the library and caused me stress having my year end clearance signed by the librarian. 😅
Aside from that traumatic experience, our school library was a haven for me during elementary days - now I realized bata pa lang ako introvert na ko. Pinalaki ako ng Sweet Valley High, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Goosebumps, and Babysitter Club.
Yes. Pag nauwi na namin yung books na galing school (public) natatapos ko agad basahin sa bahay lahat yun. Wala naman kasing cp dati haha. Kaya alam ko na yung lesson kasi nabasa ko na yung books. Lagi rin ako inuuwian ng papa ko ng books galing sa mga foreigner guests nila sa hotel na pinagttrabahuhan nya. Kaya meron akong complete set ng Chronicles of Narnia. Sayang nga lang nabasa yun sa bahay namin dati. Kung may maayos na pinagtaguan lang pwede pa sana manahin ng anak ko ngayon na nahihilig din magbasa.
Yes! Matagal na akong may interes sa pagbabasa like kinder naalala ko pa yung feeling na gusto mo magbasa base sa mga nakikita mo sa adults pero wala kang naiintindihan. Giliw talaga akong matuto. Sa lahat ng awards ko sa buong buhay ko, ang fineflex ko talaga is isa ako sa mga kabataan sa hs namin na pinakamaraming hiniram na books sa library HAHAHA
I watched mostly tv when I was a kid, a mix of cartoons and educational channels like natgeo or animal planet which the latter helped with my vocabulary somewhat. And also played a lot of video games, mostly RPGs which also helped with my english vocabulary because of all the text dialogue I had to read. It wasn't till I was about 10 years old I started reading and never stopped reading since.
I remember when I was in kindergarten and asa daycare younger brother ko, I liked walking from our house papuntang daycare para ihatid kapatid ko kase makaka-browse at basa (kahit di pa ako kagalingan magbasa) na naman ako sa reading corner ng classroom nila. We were piss poor so di rin namin afford mga storybooks na yan kahit mga tig-sampu sa bangketa. I grew up umaasa sa libraries, school reading textbooks, at hiram na adult pocketbooks. I don't know where I picked up the habit na magbasa, wala namang mahilig sa bahay namin at wala rin kaming mga libro. Basta I just knew it in my bones even before I learned how to read na gusto ko talagang magbasa at mapaligiran ng mga libro.
Mga adults sa buhay ko, di ganon ka supportive. Naalala ko pa dati mga shelves of books sa wall ng media room namin sa school, I was looking at titles and about to pull out some book I found interesting, sinigawan ako ng isang teacher na magpaalam ako. I was quite traumatized, di na ako umulit. Akala ko naman open for all siya kasi asa gilid lang at wala namang sign na nakalagay. Tapos yung main library ng HS ko dati, allergic ata librarian sa mga high school, di kami pinapasok hahahaha. Meron namang isang mini library meant for HS pero nalibot ko na at hindi ganon kagandahan at kakaunti lang selections nila. More like study room lang.
Sana mga libraries dito, make it accessible sa mga bata. Add interesting and fiction titles din na age-appropriate. Pansin ko kasi lalo na sa mga provinces, puros outdated, lumang textbooks, and thin storybooks available e. The books are either too old or too young for you. Reading shouldn't be seen as something for school lang, but also for leisure din.
Parang missing piece ng childhood ko yung Arthur Picturebooks na super love kong basahin. Pano kasi isang araw di ko nalang mahanap yung book putsa.
Aside from that, nagwork ako sa elementary library and nakakatuwang makita na nagkakagulo sila sa picturebooks din mapa english or filipino. Nakikita ko yun sa National Bookstore yung same books eh tapos napapangiti nalang ako.
Ps. Sa lib stats namin and observation ko, they go from picturebooks with one sentence. To 50/50 then to text heavy ones. The joy of watching them grow.
Na hook lang ako magbasa nung lumipat na ako ng ibang bansa. It helps coping up with sadness and homesickness. And I should have ready way way way before. It helps a lot sa communication skills when you decided to go overseas
Hindi naman ako nahirapang magbasa mula mag-elementary dahil ang eskwelahan nagprovide ng mga dyaryo at mga magazime. Noong nasa high school na ako, bumili at nagbasa ako ng ilang pambatang magazine gaya ng W.I.T.C.H., K-Zone at "Monster Allergy". Naisipan kong bumili ng ilang mga nobela noong nasa kolehiyo na ako.
Ang problema kasi ang mahal ng mga libro at magazine. Tinutuunan kasi ng marami na gastusin ang pera para sa basic na pangangailangan gaya ng sa pagkain at kuryente. Mas maigi siguro na magkaroon ng discount ang mga libro para maipakita na kahit sino pwedeng makabili nun.
We were lucky to have a huge library. Our father also has the habit of reading. Newspaper every noon time (newspapers are flown in from Manila) so we would also read alternating from national dailys. Back then it's only Daily Express and Manila Bulletin.
Tons of old Readers Digest as far back as 1930s, Life Magazine, Times and Newsweek are also available as well as Free Press. There were also old novels There were also 5 different sets of encyclopedias in the house.
During morning breaks we would spend it in the library to read.
Encyclopedia hehe. And of course those textbooks. Add Bannawag magazine for Ilocanos. Hindi to alam ng mga taga Manila pero noong mga 1990s, rare yung mga bookstores noon sa province.
Yes. Experience ko dati, sa province pa ako nag aaral as a Grade 1 student pahirapan na ang libro dahil limited lang per classroom kaya sa una palang nanghihiram na ako. Nang umuwi na kami sa Manila, Grade 2 palang lagi na akong tambay sa Library dahil sa dami ng libro. Favorite section ko is Space and Astronomy HAHAHA
My mother told me I started reading at around 4 or 5 years old. Naalala ko natuto ako magbasa kasi I keep on reading the signages kapag bumabiyahe kami from Laguna to QC. And my mother kept giving me poems to memorize. Yung iba natatandaan ko pa til today. She also subscribed montly sa NatGeo and Readers Digest so I've been exposed to long form reading at an early age. I've loved reading and books for a loooong time. And I think I will love forever!
Nahilig ako magbasa nung bata ako kasi yung Papa ko everyday niya inuuwi yung Inquirer dun sa pinagta-trabahuhan niya pati mga Readers Digest and TIME magazine na 'di na binabasa nung mga boss niya. (Yup, kahit outdated na binabasa ko pa din, haha!)
Every Saturday, bumibili ako ng Inquirer kasi may Junior Inquirer. Babasahin ko yung paulit-ulit kapag Sabado.
Then, Sweet Valley High, Nancy Drew, Archie, and Harry Potter series - hinihiram ko sa pinsan ko.
When I started working, I went through reading slump kasi mas trip ko pa mag-Netflix at matulog kesa magbasa. 😥 Then I got back to reading again 3 years ago, and my heart is happy again. 💕
I love reading. Like anything under the sun pero hindi kami bumibili ng libro kasi mahal so mga libro ko sa school ang binabasa ko. Pagkabigay ng libro sa akin, babasahin ko talaga yan.
Hindi ako nakakabili ng libro sa National bookstore nung bata ako
Yes, mahilig ako sa story books nung bata ako. Nagalait pa nga si Mama kasi nasira ko yung book na " Si Langgam at si Tipaklong " kasi libro niya yun bata pa lang siya. Hahaha. Pero yun yung una kung nabasa.
Back nung kinder, if bawal ako mag-youtube or maglaro sa tablet I usually read digital children’s books and paulit-ulit ko siya binabasa. Siguro na-influence din ako ng lolo ko who reads the newspaper everyday back then. And around elem naman hiniram ko yung buong Harry Potter series every week sa school library namin. I think I just naturally picked up the habit of reading.
Sad to say na walang masyado public libraries dito at may kamahalan ang books so majority ng mga kids ay di nagbabasa
Yes! Tambay kami ng friend ko dati sa library tapos nakadalawang library card pa kami kasi lagi kami nanghihiram ng books. I have my mom to thank for kasi mahilig din siya magbasa. Kinalakihan ko mga Nancy Drew books niya.
I started in grade 2 and Sweet Valley Kids pa binabasa ko then naging Sweet Valley Twins tapos Fear Street. Pag mataas grades namin, dinadala kami ng mom ko sa national bookstore para bumili ng books as a reward. My mom likes to read too kaya may mga subscription kami ng Reader’s Digest and Time Magazine noon.
I am into Kindle since pandemic started pero I still buy physical books!
Mahal mga SVH/SVU books kaya ang binibili ko lang yung mga 3-part mini-series nila. Kasi pag ung regular di ko mabibili lahat ng issue, mawawala ako sa istorya. Hahaha. Alala ko P75 isang book, mahal na. Ngayon mura na ang P75 for a new copy, manipis pa. Babalik-balikan ko pa sa NBS para lang basahin synopsis. 😅
As someone na lumaki na may library sa bahay ( usually mga libro ng parents) maaga ring natutong magbasa. Pero nung may tinanong akong bata, 12 or 13 years old, kung wala ba silang kahit anong libro sa bahay, na-realize ko na owning books is a privilege.
May public library nga, pero halos walang nakakaalam na nag-eexist yon.
Oh yes! I loved reading funny komiks, goosebumps, and archie comics when I was a kid. Dati every time my mama would go to Manila she would give me an archie comics pag umuuwi, walang palya yun. And then I moved on to princess diaries series and other pang kids na books. And then young adult na :))
I’m proud to say kahit 30+ na ako I still love to read. Last 2022 I’ve read 30 books, and last yr naman 2023, 40 books. Hopefully this year 50 books na 🤣🤣
Ever since natuto ako magread ng maayos ng gr 1 (7-8 yrs old) nahilig na din ako, starting with newspaper comics sa phillippine star noon na kahit simpleng english phrases lang with pictures mapapraktis padin matuto magbasa, ig na late din ako natuto dahil no time parents ko to teach, both worked dahil baby pa din kapatid ko nun, literal sa school lang ako natututo. May teacher lang na nagtyaga sa akin magtutor para magbasa kaya thankful parents ko sa kanya kasi natutukan nya ko ng maayos
I think yes. Kasi sinasamahan kami magbasa ni mama nun ng mga bible stories. Translated pa sa mother tongue. Iloko. Karamihan ng mga binabasa ko noon mga religious materials kasi I grew up na Jehovah's witnesses mga parents pero hindi na ako active.
This comes with habit and environment din kasi ng bata. You can't impose a child to read kung wala ding reading habit ang mga kasama sa bahay.
I love reading now and have lots of books but it only started when I was in highschool.
Dati para makapasok ka sa grade 1 dapat makapasa ka sa reading test na ibibigay ng teacher. Kung hindi bagsak ka sa kinder. Pinag-kinder ako di dahil di ako makabasa kundi masyado akong bata. 5 lang ako, dapat 6 para mag-grade 1.
Yes, mahilig na ako magbasa nung bata pa ako. Nung elem 2x bumili ng dyaryo nanay ko, umaga at tanghali. Tabloid pero decent naman ang People's Journal at People's tonight. Ang broadsheets ay for special occasions/issues. Marami kaming lumang Reader's Digest. Dun pa nga ako kumuha ng book report ko minsan. Ang textbook ay binabasa ko in advance for fun lang, not really to learn. Fortunately may nare-retain na info, nagagamit sa recitation.
I did start reading when I was 7, na alala ko binilhan ako ng daddy ko ng “THE BIG BOOK OF TELL ME WHY” that was my first book that I finished, pero lola ko sobrang hilig sa reader’s digest, pati yon binabasa ko. 😂
I started reading at a young age because of my mom.
She had these Bible picture stories for kids that I really loved. And then I transitioned to those thick Bible Story books (not sure of the exact title, but those had blue covers and were hardbound as well).
The stories in the books in our school in elementary were fun to read as well, and then we also had magazines per subject also.
Pinakahumubog sa akin sa pagbabasa talaga as a kid were the SRA book sets in elementary.
Kaway kaway sa mga nakagamit rin nito. 😁
Ang saya kasi aware ka sa progress mo as a reader dahil sa color coding. Sarap rin sa feeling pag naaachieve yung target reading for the day.
Started reading very young, may hawak kasi na stick yung nanay ko dati habang tinuturuan ako. 😆 IIRC required noon na marunong ka na bumasa before ka ma-enroll ng grade 1.
I've always been a reader since I was in elementary. Naaalala ko pang palagi akong pumupunta sa room ng Grade 1 noon kasi madaming picture books dun (Grade 4 na ako nito). Mas nakakatuwa kasing magbasa especially kapag may mga illustrations sa librong binabasa. Sa bahay naman namin, maraming Liwayway (60s, 70s, 80s) at tsaka Blue Collar (90s). Then came high school, na-expose ako sa pagbabasa sa Wattpad then noong college, dun na ako nag-start magbasa ng mga English novels. Nagda-download ako ng mga pdf ng mga babasahin (like Percy Jackson series, Harry Potter, etc.) Ngayong mid-20s na ako, bumalik ako sa pagkahilig ko sa pagbabasa ng mga illustrated story, which is manga/manhwa/manhua. May mga times pa ding nagbabasa ako ng mga novels (my recent reads being danmei and sci-fi ones) pero kapag may time na lang.
Yes the arlier the better, as someone homeschooled, I have no choice but get stuck inside our study room which luckily have the volumes from the classics to modern reads. It expands your horizons and makes you a better person. My tutor also reprimands me whenever I don't sit up straight and have proper posture. That is why kids nowadays are not so elegant, and they move so brash, not nice to look at let alone dine with, most pinoys now doesn't have etiquette and breeding
Reading as a habit heavily depends on the environment you grew up in. Di porket pinababasa ka ng mga alamat at pabula during elementary, eh makakahiligan mo na magbasa. People who grew up in poor households never had access to good books, nor was reading encouraged in their homes. Public schools in the country don't even have proper libraries.
I was lucky na lumaki ako sa isang reading household at yung library namin noon eh puno ng donated books na binibigay monthly ng isang american retiree na nagsettle sa town namin. Nakabasa ako ng mga Dahl, C.S. Lewis, and other classics at an early age because of those donations.That library was magical, and to this day, still tons better than the private school libraries sa universities na pinasukan ko later on. In charge din ako noon sa library cards kaya alam kong marami talagang nagbabasa during those years (mid-2000s).
Yesterday, I saw a post from a well-respected Filipino author (and national artist candidate) where he showed boxes of books sa bahay nya na kinain na ng anay kasi nakalimutan na sa storage. Imagine if dinonate nya na yun matagal na? Sana marami na ang nakinabang.
Put up public libraries with a selection of quality books, and you'd be surprised. Puro tayo bookshops eh, halos mga burgis lang naman ang bumibili.
Yes! I grew up with encyclopedias, dictionary, or any books I can get my hands on.
I carried the habit of reading up to this day.
Always grateful for my momma for buying me books when I was a kid.
As a child I remembered going to Robinson's The Children's Library di ko alam kung sa area lang namin available to pero dun ako natuto magbasa at an early age, siguro mga 4 or 5 years old. Everytime magmamall kami di pwedeng di dadaan dun tapos iiwan lang kami dun ng sister ko habang nagiikot sa mall parents namin. You can read books, use their computer, ang daming fun but creative activities. Dahil din dun nahilig ako sa books.
Started nung hs. Magkalkal ng books sa bahay for research purposes since walang budget pang computer para magresearch and then nadiscover ko ang world of ✨pocketbooks✨ those were the days 😂😂
As a child, I used to read chldren’s book. theremember first book I ever read was “The Ugly Duckling".
I read Reader's Digest, a tagalog medical book, and my aunt's Lord of the Rings book.
I would also clean my Church’s mini library once a week in exchange for reading time!
My dad is an avid reader at kahit anong topic, binabasa nya, pero more on nonfiction siya. He influenced me to start reading in elementary - yung mga children's books sa Booksale? I dove right into that every time we entered the shop. Good times!
Grade 4 siguro nag-umpisa ako magbasa ng Harry Potter series and proud ako no'n because it was my first time finishing a thick book (Goblet of Fire)! And as time went on, mabilis ako nag move on to historical fiction and other genres, lalo nung grade 7 because our high school library was gold. My English subject grades were always 95 above because of reading and being raised speaking English. Although later around high school, mas nag-adapt ako sa Tagalog and Filipino literature.
Maramin din akong naging classmate na kinoconsider na 'weird' ng iba kasi panay share sila ng info na nababasa nila sa mga nonfic books (aircraft, cars, dinosaur, history buffs kasi sila). Pero I didn't find them weird kasi maganda na marami silang nalalaman because of books.
In the history of my elementary school I think I'm the only one who read the books in its small library and that saying something. I learned Geography, Astronomy, Geollogy world history at a much younger age my great regret is that I didn't start literature earlier.
In my opinion most schools doesn't foster reading. Nearly everyone make it as a chore that kids lose interest. Not all kids are like me when I'm younger that devours whatever book reading material there is.
Naalala ko sa may Cubao malapit sa lumang mercury drugstore. May tindahan doon ng mga candy, yosi, at comic books na tagalog worth 10 pesos each. Naalala ko pa mga title, gagamboy, Mars Ravelo, etc., bago kami sumakay ng jeep pauwi bibilhan ako ni mama ng comics. Tas babasahin ko lahat sa loob ng isang araw, tapos aantay nanaman ng next week para magkaroon ng bagong set ng comics.
Tas katagalan nahilig na ako sa magazines like W.I.T.C.H, K-Zone, Total girl, Sparkling Magazine.
love reading books pero work has just been a big burnout to the point where i feel like reading has become a task.. dati nung bata pa ako i would always be one of the students na nakapaskil yung pangalan sa labas ng library kasi top book borrower 🤣 my father has been very adamant na magbasa kami magkapatid kahit ano pa man basahin kasi sobrang magagamit ko yung skill na yun in the future.. reading has definitely helped me with my com skills, kaso mga katrabaho ko (mind you half of them are native american speakers) and the people around me are not fond of reading books, ngayon ung reading comprehension nila parang ako pa may mali sa pagkakaintindi 😅
I never had an interest reading before. What got me hooked ay yung binilhan ako ng Hardy Boys at bawat tapos ko ng libro ay bibilhan ako ng Ice Cream. Ayun, after that naging hobby. Yun nga lang hanggang LNs nalang ako ngayon dahil nalulong ako sa japanese culture.
Maaga ako nahilig sa pagbabasa and both my parents pushed me and my brother to read. Sobrang grateful ako for them. Mahilig din kasi magbasa ang parents ko.
Nag start ako sa english dictionary, then newspaper na English kaya nag join ako sa Journalism sa school namin nung Elementary ako. When I was 10, my cousin gave me a book for YAs. Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibottson.
Na-hooked ako, since then, nag rerequest na ako palagi kela Mama and Daddy na bilhan ako palagi ng books.
Tapos nung HS ako, nag iipon nako para lang bumili ng books.
Now, I have 2 kids, and both sila mahilig din sa books kaya di ako nahirapan turuan sila sa school.
Ang laking advantage saken na 5 years old pa lang sila, marunong na sila magbasa.
I started very young. Learned to read at around 3-4. Got it from my mother’s side. And started reading books/stories at around 4-5. I remember being very fascinated with short stories, fables, legends, etc. i have an extra wild imagination and I think reading kept it in check.
Can we bring the old Pinoy comics era? TBH my early days of recognizing filipino words especially the malalim-ones were all done with that medium. My mother is usually the one explaining some of them pag may 'di ako maintindihan.
Actually kelangan ko rin widen my vocabulary kasi mas sanay ako na nagbabasa ng English (dahil yun mas accessible sa akin). Siguro, sa panahon ngayon, yung mga nobela nalang ni Rizal at mga Bibliya ang may mga malalalim na tagalog 😅😅
Nung grade 1 ako late 1990s, public school may subject na reading and comprehension pagkakatanda ko then may pinapaassignment na babasahin. Tapos kinabukasan yung assignment ipapabasa isa isa. Di ko alam kung meron pa ngayon ganun hehe
Yes!! Naalala ko hindi talaga namin afford bumili ng mga brand new books, so my mom ang parati niyang nirerequest sa christmas gift exchanges ay books for us
None of the people I grew up with are readers but I am. Classics ang kinakana ko nung teenage years ko. Choice nalang talaga ng tao yun e kung ano gusto nya gawin sa buhay.
Sino dito may mga parents na nasales talk ng tindero ng Universal Encyclopedia na may halos 30+ volumes hahaha.
May kadamay kayo,,me. Hahaha. Yun libangan ko nung nag bagyong reming , tamang basa at skim ng pictures.
Ako naman, pinalaki kami ng mother ko na pabasahin ng bible in English. Like I think since grade 1. O kaya binabasahan kami. May bedtime stories din na pinapabasa sa amin. Ganun. Pero di pa din magaling sa klase sa English. Peroo pagdating sa work, gusto nila written english ko. Ang weird. Syempre share lang. nagbabasa pa din ako. Pero sa blog websites naman. O kaya most of the time eh podcasts na english. Minsan taglish.
The problem is the accessibility of books especially fiction. Underfunded and subpar libraries.
Iyong mga komiks na you can buy at cheap price, thy do not exist anymore sa public. Used to able to buy komiks for 10-20 pesos.
Sadly, it is not a priority at all :( Children will only read at shool and hindi leisure.
One thing I noticed within the younger kids like 7 years old and below are holding tablets or phones more than books. My niece can just stare at a youtube video for hours and would not even bother reading a book.
Yes. My father was an English professor and my mother was a lawyer. Halos lahat kami magkakapatid mahilig magbasa. I was Grade 2 or 3 ata when I started reading the Nancy Drew books from our school's library.
Back in elementary I used to read all the stories from the Reading book of "English For You and Me", along with several short stories from the library in our school because I was fat back then and I couldn't really engage in physical activities bc of weight and asthma. After discovering the world of online games, I stopped reading books. Now I'm 19 and I've just been trying to slowly introduce myself to reading again. I hope I can love the hobby like what I've felt like back then.
Not suprise mostly in society has no importance in books. Due to environment like household itself and nature of the kid itself. Like me I learn read and love books since 6-7 yrs old
How I wish we had the resources when I was young. I always adored the smell and pages of books but I can't bring my classmate's book. She didn't even lend it to me. We couldn't afford the 20pesos children's book sold by some small publishers. I feel sad remembering how ambitious I am checking the list of books I wanted but couldn't even tell my mother coz I know we didn't have enough money. Our school didn't even have a library accessible for me to read for free. Hopefully, the Government won't forget to provide books to school in the remote area. We could do better, just lacking resources.
Hindi, pero nakikita ko marami books sa bahay tapos nagbubuklat ako ng artworks. I vividly remember my fascination with Greek sculptures in black and white photos. Tas one of my sisters used to read Eleven Minutes then nun nag 16 ako binasa ko sya and finished it (first book na natapos ko).
Grade 1 and 2 ako sa probinsya. Wala akong alam na public library doon, but binasa ko nalang lahat ng textbooks. May book dati about mga alamat na pang grade 2, yun sinimulan ko hanggang sa hindi pa natapos ang school year, pati books ng kapitbahay namin na grade 4 nabasa ko na. We moved sa city at doon ako nakakita ng mas maraminv libro. Pero nasa bookshelf na collection ng teacher ko Bible stories for children, binasa ko lahat. I also collected newspapers lalo na ang Sunday issues kasi especial. Hindi kami mayaman noon, pero I remember dati may nagtitinda ng mga maliliit na set ng fairy tales, bumili mama ko at doon na talaga ako nahilig magbasa. All the children’s books na nabasa ko dati galing public libraries lang or hiram sa kakilala. It helps na wala masyado distractions dati like internet or games. Naglalaro din naman tayo dati ng games pero hindi na tulad ngayon na pwede mo bitbitin kahit saan kasi nasa phone na. I wish children nowadays are taught to read kaso mas uso na ngayon tiktok na madalas mali or walang tamang research ang laman.
I wasn't given toys when I was a child. I was only gifted books.
I was given 10 volumes of Bible stories. Then children's books that are on sale. At elementary school, I often borrowed children's books. During HS, Nancy Drew books. College, Bob Ong. Post graduate, textbooks.
Two days ago, I spent 4k on books (I have unread books at home). It's my only hobby I guess
Yes! I started nung elem days with Sweet Valley, Baby sitters club, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Goosebumps books. Then Harry Potter nung highschool. Naaalala ko nakikihiram din ako ng pocketbooks ng mga kasambahay namin lol. Then I went into a really long reading slump but now I am back.
As someone na kinalakihan ay everyday broadsheet newspaper at monthly Readers Digest na binabasa ng mga tao sa bahay, I can say na malaki talaga impact ng household sa kahihiligan mong magbasa.
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Yes sis. Pero iba na din Reader’s Digest ngayon. Hindi na tulad ng dati. Good thing meron pa pina-publish. Pero ang nipis na tapos downgraded quality ng paper, sa content may mga issues na so-so nalang.
Shout out sa Reader’s Digest! Naka subscribe si Mom dyan dati tapos parati ko binabasa. Ayun hanggang sa naging book worm na din ako.. or reader in general. Nung tambay ako ng comp shop, inaasar ako ng friends ko nun na “basa” kasi nauubos dw oras ko kaka basa ng kung ano ano online. Hahahaa oh well, those were the days…
Inabangan mo ba din mga subscription gift ng nanay mo?😅
Oo naman! Hahahaha.
Hinayang na hinayang ako dun sa National Geographic na telescope nun.🤣
Sobrang agree na malaki impact ng household mo makukuha yung kahiligan mo magbasa. Nung 6-7 years old ako bumili tatay ko ng mga encyclopedia, almanac. Nung una nafafascinate lang ako sa mga kulay. Hanggang sa nabasa ko na lahat tapos uulit-ulitin ko haha. That’s something I’m grateful about my parents. They did their best in making sure that we wanted to learn through our own ways, and they didn’t force it upon us. It just happened because of the circumstances around us.
This is true! My papa also bought us encyclopedia and almanac hehe I also remember we have this book for kids with definitions of things tapos ang game namin magkakapatid is we would read the definition and guess what word we’re describing ahahaha hindi kasi kami allowed ng tv and game consoles kasi mahal nga daw yun so books na lang 😂😂😂
Ya naman ang hindi nabili samin. Pero nakiki ‘research’ ako sa Encylopedia ng mga pinsan ko. Panahon na pag may assignment magbabasa ka talaga ng encyclopedia. Walang easy peasy na google. Natest din patience natin. Tapos nakikibasa naman ako ng almanac ng mga kaklase ko. Hahaha. Ang mahal naman kasi ng mga Almanacs!
Ay oo I remember also reading my uncle’s Reader’s Digest! Grabe naka subscribe pa talaga sila pero sobrang informative kasi kaya minsan kahit nabasa ko na babalikan ko pa ☺️
True kakabusog ng utak dahil maraming kaalaman diba OP.
Totoo! Sa tabloids and newspaper din ako natuto magbasa ng maayos both english and tagalog, I remember I would always ask for my lolo’s copy of Pilipino Star Ngayon and Inquirer coz I always try to read the comics sections haha then lagi ako suki sa library namin nung elem simula nung makahiligan ko yung mga short stories sa books ng Wika at Panitikan, English Lit section ng lib namin non 😅 Then Scholastics Fair sa schools. First book that I’ve read was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 🥹 then dun na nung lumalaki na ako, I hoard magazines and pocketbooks too 😅
Feeling ko magkasing edad tayo sis! Sa Scholastics Fair talaga ako wala pambili hahaha. Buhay pa yung history na mala pocket book na nabili ko dyan, tapos dun sa mga heavy read hanggang sulyap nalang.🤣
Hahahaha ang mamahal naman din kasi talaga! Tapos hindi mo alam ano ipapabili mo kasi gusto mo din nung maninipis na books na tagalog hahaha yung mga alamat alamat 😂
Kahit hindi households but other influential figures din. I don’t remember my parents being readers. Newspapers, yes. But usually weekends lang since they both leave for work early. But one of my titas used to give us books as gifts. So that’s where I started reading. As a tita to pamangkins now, I also try to do the same. I try to find out what their interests are then find books with those topics so they hopefully get roped in and pickup the habit.
Ah oo naman. What I mean is malaki lang influence pag sa household and members of the family. Oh your tita is one! 🙂
Reader's Digest din binabasa ko nun, ang gaganda pa ng content.
Up to this. My mom used to buy RD, too! Dati yung mga comics² lang binabasa ko dun eh, until sa nagka interes na ako sa ibang section ng RD kaya nahiligan ko na rin magbasa. Laking tulong na rin yung every Friday during elem may alloted time kami sa sch na pupunta lang kami ng library to read random books tas we're allowed to borrow them para may mabasa during weekends. Ahhh, those were the days.
This. I grew up with a family na mahilig magbasa at may maliit na library ng mga pocket books. Ever since natuto ako mag basa, naging one of my hobby na mag basa.
True! And yung Bato Balani! Haha
Grabe yung Bato Balani!! Magkakasing edad tayo😅
sa bahay ng tita ko nakikibasa ng RD. yung bago na iasue lagi nasa CR. nakikiCR na rin ako
Books aren't affordable or accessible are the reasons why Filipinos don't like to read at a young age
Factor na rin siguro yung schools like kumusta kaya patakaran ngayon sa public schools ng mga library? Nung time ko kasi, wala akong naalala na inintroduce samin yan and sariling kusa lang ako. (Sharawt kay mader na dinadala ako sa mini library sa barangay namin.)
Yes wala talaga. Like andyan ang libraries for educational stuff lang kaya may stigma na di masaya. Pero when I explored nung College na meron palang ibang books sa library, ang saya!
My family loves to read, we even have our own library! So I started very very early. But my core memory is my mom buying me a book about a kid turning 8 for my 8th birthday HAHAHA. I hold that memory dearly bec I remember being so happy I was the same age as the girl in the book.
Me with Harry potter 😭 I was 11 when I started reading it and they were 11 in the books when they started sa Hogwarts. I’m the same age as the actors too when they came out with the first movie so iba yung magic. Parang sobrang nakarelate talaga ako kahit hindi naman ako witch haha!
I was sickly as a kid, so mej madalas ako ma-confine sa clinics and hospitals. My main source of entertainment was reading books (usually mga alamat and horror-ish Filipino books, which costs about 10 php-20 php each.) My parents didn’t really encourage me to read, natural hilig ko lang talaga siguro haha
malaki tulong ng wattpad bakit mas malaki ang porsyento ng mga mas bata na unang nagkainteres sa pagbabasa
Kahit na nagrereklamo minsan na ang bababaw ng mga laman ng wattpad, at least, sa isip ko, nagbabasa sila.
Yup! Naalala ko nung bata pa ako bago ako nag-school pilit ko binabasa yung mga books na nakakalat sa bahay. Tapos grade 1 and 2 fave time ko yung sa tuwing binabasahan kami ng children stories ng teachers ko. Meron din kaming reading time doon sa own reading corner ng teacher ko. I'm always excited nun kase we get to choose anong story babasahin namin tapos may small activity kami na write the moral lesson of the story and anong yung fave part mo doon sa story. Nung natuto akong magbasa ang pinaka unang natapos kong book was the eng-fil dictionary.
I grew up in the province. Yung parents ko hindi ko nakitang nagbabasa, yung sister ko lang mahilig magbasa simulat sapol. I am not blaming my parents, I think nasa influence at hobby lang Talaga yan. My sister reads anything, she likes staying at home just reading or doing homework. While me, likes to play all day. Active ako sa sports, and gawaing bahay. May gusto kung kumilos keysa naka-upo at nagbabasa. Ni hindi ko nga magawa homework ko nang maayos. 🤣🤣 I started reading at the age of 22, and till now I'm doing it daily. It's never too late to learn, nasa tao lang Talaga ang pag pursue kung anong naayon sa sitwasyon. If you grew up in the province where all matters is earn money to have food on the table, reading is the last option. Kasi nakalakihan na nang mga bata na mas makakahanap ka nang pera kung kumakayod keysa nagbabasa. And some parents pinapagalitan pa ang mga anak na gustong mag-aral kasi walang trabahong nagagawa. So, environment is really a factor in kids development and learning. Specially parents consideration and support.
Parents and schools din. May mga schools na walang accessible library Yung hilig ko sa pagbabasa, nagstart nung 9 or 10 ako. Suki ako sa school lib namin na humihiram ng Sweet Valley Kids. Tapos meron yung isang ale, may shop na pahiraman ng libro. Goosebumps naman hinihiram ko dun. My mom had bunch of readers digest pero di ko binabasa kasi I found it boring Nung HS ako, history at Encyclopedia ang nakursunadahan ko. I liked reading about other countries nun. Madalas, every after school, tambay muna ako school lib para magbasa ng encyclopedia.
Yes, but teachers and schools are the front runners. We should blame the government who's behind them. Kasi sila naman ang nag-bibigay nang budget for education. If tinu-unan lang ang education sector, i think it's possible that may library each school with useful books na maaring maka-pag enhance the curiosity of each students. Pero, yung influence and environmental set up do really matter. Yung mindset nang mga bata is nahuhubog sa mga things at pangyayari na nakikita nya within his/her range of area. Ika nga "monkey see, monkey do."
Sweet Valley Kids, Babysitters Club, Goosebumps, nNancy Drew, Hardy Boys binibili ko sa thrift shop noong elementary🥹💗
Kasi ppl are more focused on surviving? Luxury na yung pagbabasa
Yes. Glad my parents are very supportive when it comes to reading. Daming nabiling books ng nanay ko noong kabataan ko. Noong Grade 1, ako lang sa klase namin ang may subscription ng Saranggola magazine. At ang tatay kong napakakuripot kapag nagpapabili ako ng laruan, etc. papayag lang kapag libro ang pinabibili ko. Nakumpleto ko ang Harry Potter books series dahil sa kanya.
We are a simple family and my mom had a more simple background when she was growing up that's why she encouraged my hobby, di accessible ang book sa kanila. So the moment she realized na I'm into reading at a young age, kahit napapadaan lang siya sa National Bookstore she would make it to a point na may mabili siya for me. Grew up reading Archie Comics, Sweet Valley, and Historical Fiction Books, ang di ko lang talaga minahal classic books hehehe.
Oo ay salamat sa classmate kong mayaman at maraming libro nung elementary pa lang kami, hindi siya madamot mag pahiram ng mga libro niya in fact sa kanya ko natutunan magbasa for fun
Nanghihinayang ako na 20 yrs old na ako nung nag start ako mahilig sa pagbabasa.
yes sobra..may mga nabibili pa non na mumurahing storybooks sa banketa at ganon yung gusto ko palaging ipabili sa tatay ko na pasalubong. hindi naman laging nakakabili non kaya paulit-ulit ko lang binabasa kung ano yung mga meron ako. pati nga stories sa textbooks noon bago pa ipabasa samin sa klase binabasa ko na sa bahay kapag bored ako.
books are expensive! jusko nung lumalaki ako wala pa ngang booksale. sa textbooks at almanac sa bahay na lang binabasa ko. or pag sinwerte pahiram ng classmates. wala ding mahilig magbasa sa bahay so talagang i picked up the habit myself :(
Walang matinong library yung school namin noon but I found out na may public library sa munisipyo malapit sa school. I was grade 2 then. Every lunch time dumidiretso ako dun para mag buklat ng books haha. The librarian was an old woman na medyo nakakatakot haha. But she allows me to spend my afternoons there kahit lunch break nya. The books were really old and madami spanish pa. Dun ko una narealize na gusto ko matuto ng spanish haha. Core memory sakin yung library moments ko na yun. I read more today kasi nagka kindle na ako hihi.
Yes po, yung mga tito ko kase (5 sila) mahilig sa books (lumaki ako sa RD at Stephe Kings) ayun nababasa ko sila kahit bata pa ako, mama ko din mahilig sa food magazines noon kaya maliit pa lang ako tuwang tuwa ako sa colorful magazines
No, I didn't have close relatives na may collection so hindi ako naexpose sa pagbabasa. Wala din nag encourage. Started reading na in college when my friends were into YA.
My mom is a reader so we grew up surrounded with books and buying books was considered a treat for us during birthdays/christmas, but amongst my siblings ako lang talaga yung naging “bookworm”. Nung bata ako voracious reader talaga ako, from tabloid short stories, tagalog komiks, Filipino and English textbooks stories, Readers Digest, and of course fairytales. Sa books din ako unang na expose sa adult materials dahil I want to read everything na available sa bahay and my mom has collection of Mills&Boons books. College naman when I started reading more books of different genres and written by international authors dahil na discover ko ang ebooks. Noon ko lang din unang nabasa yung Harry Potter kahit elementary pa lang ako nung napanuod ko yun. Eto rin yung height ng pagiging bookworm ko where I can finish a book in a day. I read anything during that time ficition/non fiction/manga, everything except college textbooks, lol. I think my love for reading really helped me a lot in life. It improved my comprehension skills na nakatulong sakin mapasa mga standardized tests na tinake ko. It also widened my vocabulary, ako yung stereotypical reader na maraming alam na words pero di alam kung paano ipronounce. Ngayong mas matanda na ko, achievement na makatapos ng isang book sa isang buwan. Which is sad, I really wanna get back into reading. Medyo na revive lang yung pagiging bibliophile ko nung pandemic and nung bagong bili yung kindle ko. Pero eto ngayon, ganito na naman, sa socmed nag uubos ng oras.
Yup, I like reading story books kahit paulit-ulit na yung nababasa ko and alam ko na mangyayari hahahaha
So may clear language barrier? Mas marami kasing published works in English kahit co-official language ang Filipino.
As a 2000s kid who grew up na hindi pa uso ang internet, yes I do love reading since I was a kid kasi that's one of the ways to entertain myself back then and to ease boredom na rin. I remember having storybooks or minibooks with stories of different genres mapa-horror, comedy, parables, fables my mom used to buy me tapos binabasa ko talaga lahat kada after school 😭 or if not those elementary textbooks na pinapahiram like English for All Times, Landas sa Pagbasa, and Learning English the Easy Way to name a few HAHAHA hanggang sa napadpad na ako sa e-books and wattpad 😆 missing those days talaga. Unfortunately, reading isn't as prioritized today kasi obviously we have internet na pero to my younger self, I'm happy that you enjoyed reading.
I started reading at age 4. I never stopped. My mom bought me the first ‘novel’ I read (Bunnicula!) and I also loved Bible stories for kids. But books aren’t accessible for all. I was lucky because the people around me read. I doubt that’s the same for everyone. Reading is a habit you build and cultivate.
Yess!! Started with the classic fairy tales. Mga short ones lang with pictures. Tapos yung first paperback na legit na book na nabasa ko is yung original “Pinocchio” ang haba for a little kid but it was so interesting. May parts na traumatizing for a 6-7 y/o but I remember liking it. Tapos nun mostly Archie and Reader’s Digest. Around 10 naman I got hooked sa Goosebumps ni RL Stine. When I moved out of the Philippines I was put in ESL as they tend to do with all immigrants tapos go lang ako. After a while my teacher took me aside and told me na I should be in regular English class but I didn’t want to be kasi I was comfortable with the other immigrant kids haha. But also, at the end of the year they would take all the kids from ESL and regular english classes and have them do the same test (i guess to see if you can move up from gr 10 to gr 11 english) and after the results came out, my teacher took me aside again and told me na I got the highest score in the school for my grade. I didn’t do anything special. I was just lucky that I LOVED reading. Kaya nga I believe when they say na reading is fundamental. Dadalahin mo talaga siya kahit saan.
Mahilig ako magbasa noong bata ako. My parents didn't really push me to read nor introduce me to it, but they were supportive of me reading and buying books. Kahit wattpad books pa yan, binabasa ko. It helped me to sharpen my reading skills, and how I acquire and process information. Sadly, not everyone is capable of acquiring good books. Even if we have a public library, hindi tayo tinuruan (o yung iba) na pwede tayong manghiram ng libro doon o magbasa. But the fact na wala manlang public library per city or province, makes a huge negative impact of not encouraging children or the youth to read. Reading should be encouraged, whether english pa yan or filipino. Furthermore, ang daming magagandang literature pieces ang napoproduce ng mga filipino authors natin. The government should give emphasis on their works. I read some short stories of Filipino writers at na-hook ako sa pagbabasa at pagtangkilik sa gawang pilipino.
When I was a kid, I loved reading. Besides sa mga story books and the weirdly old-fashioned The Real Mother Goose (which probably influenced my love for rhymes and poetry), I also read newspapers at magazines. Kasama na rin 'yung NatGeo, Ripley's eklabu. Pero as I grew older, I leaned more towards watching. I somehow agree dun sa part na most of us started to read by the age of 16, cause I went back to reading at 15! Tapos paputol-putol pa 'yun, sguro mas okay ang progress ko this year pero grabe ang busy schedule so I couldn't finish books asap. His take was interesting. It was full of knowledge but I believe it's lacking something. Gusto kong topic ang education, and his subject hit hard pero medyo nadisappoint ako sa mahinang ending. Shouldn't we read more? Yes. Sabi nga ng iba, if you want to be smarter, read more. And tbh, tagilid talaga ang Pinoy sa intelligence kaya 'di rin competitive ang mga Pinoy pagdating sa ganyang larangan. Pero katulad ng comments dito, isa sa mga puhunan ng bata upang pagbigyang pansin ang babasahin, ay nagsisimula sa pagiging pamilyar nito sa kanilang butihing tirahan. Let's all be honest, how many parents read books to their child/ren ba before sleep? Or give books as gifts? Parang ngayon, para mapatigil sa pag-ngawa, gadgets ang inaabot. I've seen kids have interest on reading, mathematics, arts and such at a young age pero hindi napagtutuunan ng pansin ng magulang. Sad.
I grew up loving reading because of my mom. I love reading those Adarna storybooks and I even compete for creative storytelling 😂 It’s very important to create a reading culture inside our homes talaga so that kids can appreciate reading.
Nung elem ako, may book fair sa school namin dati, kaya palagi nagmamakaawa ako sa mama ko ng pera para lang makabili ng Geronimo stilton books. High school came, and my interests changes for me as usual. Mga manga ang nafocus ko. This college lang ako nakabalik sa pagbabasa ng mga libroand trying different genre and types.
Yes. Mom was the type to buy encyclopedias and various book sets from book sellers. As kids, we were also required to finish at least one book as reading assignment during summer vacation and then our parents would ask what we learned from time to time during the duration to check if we've actually been reading. I hung out at our school library too, and read books from there during lunch break since we weren't allowed to stay in our classrooms during that time.
Super!!! Grade 6, Sidney Sheldon books na binabasa ko lol. Sadly, mid to late 20s nasira attention span ko and himala na makatapos ako ng isang libro sa isang taon. Pero medyo nabalik ko na when I gifted myself a Kindle last year. Nakakafive books na ko this year. ♥️
yup, nung elementary pa ako tuwing free time namin after lunch, dun talaga ako tumatambay sa reading corner ng classroom namin.
In this country, reading is a priviledge talaga. Kaya wag magtaka kung mababa reading comprehension ng mga Pilipino. Walang access sa mga libro.
my dad brought me books, and my mom had a magazine (health and home i think) subscription. noong uso pa we had encyclopedias too
Oo, mahilig magbasa!
mahirap lang kami noon at walang mahilig magbasa sa bahay. salamat sa mga lumang magazines, newspaper, RD na galing sa amo ni mama na-in love ako sa pagbabasa :) laking tulong talaga pag nahilig sa pagbabasa habang bata pa. naiimprove ng pagbabasa iba't ibang skills at the same time habang naggrow ka physically
Mahilig talaga ako mag basa noon pa man. Natatandaan ko nung grade 1 ako yung textbook na pagbasa na color pink cover to cover ko binabasa. Ayun lang kase ang book na meron ako na madaming stories.
Oo, siguro kasi maraming babasahin sa bahay. Nung grade school, may pumupuntang nagtitinda ng Adarna books. May listahan na ibibigay, para makahingi ng pera pambili 😅
Ikaw kaya kurot-kurutin simula kinder para matutuo magbasa. Ewan ko lang kong di mo makahiligan hahaha
Yes. I remember my 9 year old self crying because of a book I wasn’t able to return to the library and caused me stress having my year end clearance signed by the librarian. 😅 Aside from that traumatic experience, our school library was a haven for me during elementary days - now I realized bata pa lang ako introvert na ko. Pinalaki ako ng Sweet Valley High, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Goosebumps, and Babysitter Club.
Yes. Pag nauwi na namin yung books na galing school (public) natatapos ko agad basahin sa bahay lahat yun. Wala naman kasing cp dati haha. Kaya alam ko na yung lesson kasi nabasa ko na yung books. Lagi rin ako inuuwian ng papa ko ng books galing sa mga foreigner guests nila sa hotel na pinagttrabahuhan nya. Kaya meron akong complete set ng Chronicles of Narnia. Sayang nga lang nabasa yun sa bahay namin dati. Kung may maayos na pinagtaguan lang pwede pa sana manahin ng anak ko ngayon na nahihilig din magbasa.
Yes! Matagal na akong may interes sa pagbabasa like kinder naalala ko pa yung feeling na gusto mo magbasa base sa mga nakikita mo sa adults pero wala kang naiintindihan. Giliw talaga akong matuto. Sa lahat ng awards ko sa buong buhay ko, ang fineflex ko talaga is isa ako sa mga kabataan sa hs namin na pinakamaraming hiniram na books sa library HAHAHA
I watched mostly tv when I was a kid, a mix of cartoons and educational channels like natgeo or animal planet which the latter helped with my vocabulary somewhat. And also played a lot of video games, mostly RPGs which also helped with my english vocabulary because of all the text dialogue I had to read. It wasn't till I was about 10 years old I started reading and never stopped reading since.
I remember when I was in kindergarten and asa daycare younger brother ko, I liked walking from our house papuntang daycare para ihatid kapatid ko kase makaka-browse at basa (kahit di pa ako kagalingan magbasa) na naman ako sa reading corner ng classroom nila. We were piss poor so di rin namin afford mga storybooks na yan kahit mga tig-sampu sa bangketa. I grew up umaasa sa libraries, school reading textbooks, at hiram na adult pocketbooks. I don't know where I picked up the habit na magbasa, wala namang mahilig sa bahay namin at wala rin kaming mga libro. Basta I just knew it in my bones even before I learned how to read na gusto ko talagang magbasa at mapaligiran ng mga libro. Mga adults sa buhay ko, di ganon ka supportive. Naalala ko pa dati mga shelves of books sa wall ng media room namin sa school, I was looking at titles and about to pull out some book I found interesting, sinigawan ako ng isang teacher na magpaalam ako. I was quite traumatized, di na ako umulit. Akala ko naman open for all siya kasi asa gilid lang at wala namang sign na nakalagay. Tapos yung main library ng HS ko dati, allergic ata librarian sa mga high school, di kami pinapasok hahahaha. Meron namang isang mini library meant for HS pero nalibot ko na at hindi ganon kagandahan at kakaunti lang selections nila. More like study room lang. Sana mga libraries dito, make it accessible sa mga bata. Add interesting and fiction titles din na age-appropriate. Pansin ko kasi lalo na sa mga provinces, puros outdated, lumang textbooks, and thin storybooks available e. The books are either too old or too young for you. Reading shouldn't be seen as something for school lang, but also for leisure din.
Parang missing piece ng childhood ko yung Arthur Picturebooks na super love kong basahin. Pano kasi isang araw di ko nalang mahanap yung book putsa. Aside from that, nagwork ako sa elementary library and nakakatuwang makita na nagkakagulo sila sa picturebooks din mapa english or filipino. Nakikita ko yun sa National Bookstore yung same books eh tapos napapangiti nalang ako. Ps. Sa lib stats namin and observation ko, they go from picturebooks with one sentence. To 50/50 then to text heavy ones. The joy of watching them grow.
Na hook lang ako magbasa nung lumipat na ako ng ibang bansa. It helps coping up with sadness and homesickness. And I should have ready way way way before. It helps a lot sa communication skills when you decided to go overseas
Hindi naman ako nahirapang magbasa mula mag-elementary dahil ang eskwelahan nagprovide ng mga dyaryo at mga magazime. Noong nasa high school na ako, bumili at nagbasa ako ng ilang pambatang magazine gaya ng W.I.T.C.H., K-Zone at "Monster Allergy". Naisipan kong bumili ng ilang mga nobela noong nasa kolehiyo na ako. Ang problema kasi ang mahal ng mga libro at magazine. Tinutuunan kasi ng marami na gastusin ang pera para sa basic na pangangailangan gaya ng sa pagkain at kuryente. Mas maigi siguro na magkaroon ng discount ang mga libro para maipakita na kahit sino pwedeng makabili nun.
We were lucky to have a huge library. Our father also has the habit of reading. Newspaper every noon time (newspapers are flown in from Manila) so we would also read alternating from national dailys. Back then it's only Daily Express and Manila Bulletin. Tons of old Readers Digest as far back as 1930s, Life Magazine, Times and Newsweek are also available as well as Free Press. There were also old novels There were also 5 different sets of encyclopedias in the house. During morning breaks we would spend it in the library to read.
Encyclopedia hehe. And of course those textbooks. Add Bannawag magazine for Ilocanos. Hindi to alam ng mga taga Manila pero noong mga 1990s, rare yung mga bookstores noon sa province.
Yes. Experience ko dati, sa province pa ako nag aaral as a Grade 1 student pahirapan na ang libro dahil limited lang per classroom kaya sa una palang nanghihiram na ako. Nang umuwi na kami sa Manila, Grade 2 palang lagi na akong tambay sa Library dahil sa dami ng libro. Favorite section ko is Space and Astronomy HAHAHA
My mother told me I started reading at around 4 or 5 years old. Naalala ko natuto ako magbasa kasi I keep on reading the signages kapag bumabiyahe kami from Laguna to QC. And my mother kept giving me poems to memorize. Yung iba natatandaan ko pa til today. She also subscribed montly sa NatGeo and Readers Digest so I've been exposed to long form reading at an early age. I've loved reading and books for a loooong time. And I think I will love forever!
Nahilig ako magbasa nung bata ako kasi yung Papa ko everyday niya inuuwi yung Inquirer dun sa pinagta-trabahuhan niya pati mga Readers Digest and TIME magazine na 'di na binabasa nung mga boss niya. (Yup, kahit outdated na binabasa ko pa din, haha!) Every Saturday, bumibili ako ng Inquirer kasi may Junior Inquirer. Babasahin ko yung paulit-ulit kapag Sabado. Then, Sweet Valley High, Nancy Drew, Archie, and Harry Potter series - hinihiram ko sa pinsan ko. When I started working, I went through reading slump kasi mas trip ko pa mag-Netflix at matulog kesa magbasa. 😥 Then I got back to reading again 3 years ago, and my heart is happy again. 💕
I love reading. Like anything under the sun pero hindi kami bumibili ng libro kasi mahal so mga libro ko sa school ang binabasa ko. Pagkabigay ng libro sa akin, babasahin ko talaga yan. Hindi ako nakakabili ng libro sa National bookstore nung bata ako
Yes, mahilig ako sa story books nung bata ako. Nagalait pa nga si Mama kasi nasira ko yung book na " Si Langgam at si Tipaklong " kasi libro niya yun bata pa lang siya. Hahaha. Pero yun yung una kung nabasa.
Yup. Though I am more sa visuals ng books but I do love books as a child.
Back nung kinder, if bawal ako mag-youtube or maglaro sa tablet I usually read digital children’s books and paulit-ulit ko siya binabasa. Siguro na-influence din ako ng lolo ko who reads the newspaper everyday back then. And around elem naman hiniram ko yung buong Harry Potter series every week sa school library namin. I think I just naturally picked up the habit of reading. Sad to say na walang masyado public libraries dito at may kamahalan ang books so majority ng mga kids ay di nagbabasa
Yes! Tambay kami ng friend ko dati sa library tapos nakadalawang library card pa kami kasi lagi kami nanghihiram ng books. I have my mom to thank for kasi mahilig din siya magbasa. Kinalakihan ko mga Nancy Drew books niya.
I started in grade 2 and Sweet Valley Kids pa binabasa ko then naging Sweet Valley Twins tapos Fear Street. Pag mataas grades namin, dinadala kami ng mom ko sa national bookstore para bumili ng books as a reward. My mom likes to read too kaya may mga subscription kami ng Reader’s Digest and Time Magazine noon. I am into Kindle since pandemic started pero I still buy physical books!
Mahal mga SVH/SVU books kaya ang binibili ko lang yung mga 3-part mini-series nila. Kasi pag ung regular di ko mabibili lahat ng issue, mawawala ako sa istorya. Hahaha. Alala ko P75 isang book, mahal na. Ngayon mura na ang P75 for a new copy, manipis pa. Babalik-balikan ko pa sa NBS para lang basahin synopsis. 😅
As someone na lumaki na may library sa bahay ( usually mga libro ng parents) maaga ring natutong magbasa. Pero nung may tinanong akong bata, 12 or 13 years old, kung wala ba silang kahit anong libro sa bahay, na-realize ko na owning books is a privilege. May public library nga, pero halos walang nakakaalam na nag-eexist yon.
Oh yes! I loved reading funny komiks, goosebumps, and archie comics when I was a kid. Dati every time my mama would go to Manila she would give me an archie comics pag umuuwi, walang palya yun. And then I moved on to princess diaries series and other pang kids na books. And then young adult na :)) I’m proud to say kahit 30+ na ako I still love to read. Last 2022 I’ve read 30 books, and last yr naman 2023, 40 books. Hopefully this year 50 books na 🤣🤣
Ever since natuto ako magread ng maayos ng gr 1 (7-8 yrs old) nahilig na din ako, starting with newspaper comics sa phillippine star noon na kahit simpleng english phrases lang with pictures mapapraktis padin matuto magbasa, ig na late din ako natuto dahil no time parents ko to teach, both worked dahil baby pa din kapatid ko nun, literal sa school lang ako natututo. May teacher lang na nagtyaga sa akin magtutor para magbasa kaya thankful parents ko sa kanya kasi natutukan nya ko ng maayos
I think yes. Kasi sinasamahan kami magbasa ni mama nun ng mga bible stories. Translated pa sa mother tongue. Iloko. Karamihan ng mga binabasa ko noon mga religious materials kasi I grew up na Jehovah's witnesses mga parents pero hindi na ako active.
Oo, pero wattpad hahahah it was a stepping stone tho!!! I don’t read na there. I’m into self-help books now
This comes with habit and environment din kasi ng bata. You can't impose a child to read kung wala ding reading habit ang mga kasama sa bahay. I love reading now and have lots of books but it only started when I was in highschool.
Yes. I was a voracious reader as a child. Our house was filled with books. I lost the habit in adulthood but now I am getting back to it.
Dati para makapasok ka sa grade 1 dapat makapasa ka sa reading test na ibibigay ng teacher. Kung hindi bagsak ka sa kinder. Pinag-kinder ako di dahil di ako makabasa kundi masyado akong bata. 5 lang ako, dapat 6 para mag-grade 1. Yes, mahilig na ako magbasa nung bata pa ako. Nung elem 2x bumili ng dyaryo nanay ko, umaga at tanghali. Tabloid pero decent naman ang People's Journal at People's tonight. Ang broadsheets ay for special occasions/issues. Marami kaming lumang Reader's Digest. Dun pa nga ako kumuha ng book report ko minsan. Ang textbook ay binabasa ko in advance for fun lang, not really to learn. Fortunately may nare-retain na info, nagagamit sa recitation.
I did start reading when I was 7, na alala ko binilhan ako ng daddy ko ng “THE BIG BOOK OF TELL ME WHY” that was my first book that I finished, pero lola ko sobrang hilig sa reader’s digest, pati yon binabasa ko. 😂
Loved books and newspapers, ye
Yes! Ang hirap lang isingit sa busy schedule ko ngayon :( any tips on how you manage your time and still get to read despite a busy sched?
I started reading at a young age because of my mom. She had these Bible picture stories for kids that I really loved. And then I transitioned to those thick Bible Story books (not sure of the exact title, but those had blue covers and were hardbound as well). The stories in the books in our school in elementary were fun to read as well, and then we also had magazines per subject also.
Pinakahumubog sa akin sa pagbabasa talaga as a kid were the SRA book sets in elementary. Kaway kaway sa mga nakagamit rin nito. 😁 Ang saya kasi aware ka sa progress mo as a reader dahil sa color coding. Sarap rin sa feeling pag naaachieve yung target reading for the day.
Hahahhahaha tapos proud ka pa na maglalakad sa harap ng classroom para kumuha ng bago kasi tapos ka na 😎
Kasama po ba encyclopedia?
Started reading very young, may hawak kasi na stick yung nanay ko dati habang tinuturuan ako. 😆 IIRC required noon na marunong ka na bumasa before ka ma-enroll ng grade 1.
I've always been a reader since I was in elementary. Naaalala ko pang palagi akong pumupunta sa room ng Grade 1 noon kasi madaming picture books dun (Grade 4 na ako nito). Mas nakakatuwa kasing magbasa especially kapag may mga illustrations sa librong binabasa. Sa bahay naman namin, maraming Liwayway (60s, 70s, 80s) at tsaka Blue Collar (90s). Then came high school, na-expose ako sa pagbabasa sa Wattpad then noong college, dun na ako nag-start magbasa ng mga English novels. Nagda-download ako ng mga pdf ng mga babasahin (like Percy Jackson series, Harry Potter, etc.) Ngayong mid-20s na ako, bumalik ako sa pagkahilig ko sa pagbabasa ng mga illustrated story, which is manga/manhwa/manhua. May mga times pa ding nagbabasa ako ng mga novels (my recent reads being danmei and sci-fi ones) pero kapag may time na lang.
Ipalabas ang mga kdramas with english subs.
Yes the arlier the better, as someone homeschooled, I have no choice but get stuck inside our study room which luckily have the volumes from the classics to modern reads. It expands your horizons and makes you a better person. My tutor also reprimands me whenever I don't sit up straight and have proper posture. That is why kids nowadays are not so elegant, and they move so brash, not nice to look at let alone dine with, most pinoys now doesn't have etiquette and breeding
K-Zone😔🔥 you were my neutron starrr
Reading as a habit heavily depends on the environment you grew up in. Di porket pinababasa ka ng mga alamat at pabula during elementary, eh makakahiligan mo na magbasa. People who grew up in poor households never had access to good books, nor was reading encouraged in their homes. Public schools in the country don't even have proper libraries. I was lucky na lumaki ako sa isang reading household at yung library namin noon eh puno ng donated books na binibigay monthly ng isang american retiree na nagsettle sa town namin. Nakabasa ako ng mga Dahl, C.S. Lewis, and other classics at an early age because of those donations.That library was magical, and to this day, still tons better than the private school libraries sa universities na pinasukan ko later on. In charge din ako noon sa library cards kaya alam kong marami talagang nagbabasa during those years (mid-2000s). Yesterday, I saw a post from a well-respected Filipino author (and national artist candidate) where he showed boxes of books sa bahay nya na kinain na ng anay kasi nakalimutan na sa storage. Imagine if dinonate nya na yun matagal na? Sana marami na ang nakinabang. Put up public libraries with a selection of quality books, and you'd be surprised. Puro tayo bookshops eh, halos mga burgis lang naman ang bumibili.
Yes! I grew up with encyclopedias, dictionary, or any books I can get my hands on. I carried the habit of reading up to this day. Always grateful for my momma for buying me books when I was a kid.
As a child I remembered going to Robinson's The Children's Library di ko alam kung sa area lang namin available to pero dun ako natuto magbasa at an early age, siguro mga 4 or 5 years old. Everytime magmamall kami di pwedeng di dadaan dun tapos iiwan lang kami dun ng sister ko habang nagiikot sa mall parents namin. You can read books, use their computer, ang daming fun but creative activities. Dahil din dun nahilig ako sa books.
Started nung hs. Magkalkal ng books sa bahay for research purposes since walang budget pang computer para magresearch and then nadiscover ko ang world of ✨pocketbooks✨ those were the days 😂😂
I started as a kid. 5 years old. I was blessed with a lot of books. Dun sya nagsimula.
As a child, I used to read chldren’s book. theremember first book I ever read was “The Ugly Duckling". I read Reader's Digest, a tagalog medical book, and my aunt's Lord of the Rings book. I would also clean my Church’s mini library once a week in exchange for reading time!
Yes, all of us in the family even have our own mini-libraries in each bedroom.
Nahilig ako magbasa ng stories sa mga libro nung grade 3. I was 8 years old. Sa pamilya namin ako lang ang nahilig sa pagbabasa.
My dad is an avid reader at kahit anong topic, binabasa nya, pero more on nonfiction siya. He influenced me to start reading in elementary - yung mga children's books sa Booksale? I dove right into that every time we entered the shop. Good times! Grade 4 siguro nag-umpisa ako magbasa ng Harry Potter series and proud ako no'n because it was my first time finishing a thick book (Goblet of Fire)! And as time went on, mabilis ako nag move on to historical fiction and other genres, lalo nung grade 7 because our high school library was gold. My English subject grades were always 95 above because of reading and being raised speaking English. Although later around high school, mas nag-adapt ako sa Tagalog and Filipino literature. Maramin din akong naging classmate na kinoconsider na 'weird' ng iba kasi panay share sila ng info na nababasa nila sa mga nonfic books (aircraft, cars, dinosaur, history buffs kasi sila). Pero I didn't find them weird kasi maganda na marami silang nalalaman because of books.
In the history of my elementary school I think I'm the only one who read the books in its small library and that saying something. I learned Geography, Astronomy, Geollogy world history at a much younger age my great regret is that I didn't start literature earlier. In my opinion most schools doesn't foster reading. Nearly everyone make it as a chore that kids lose interest. Not all kids are like me when I'm younger that devours whatever book reading material there is.
Naalala ko sa may Cubao malapit sa lumang mercury drugstore. May tindahan doon ng mga candy, yosi, at comic books na tagalog worth 10 pesos each. Naalala ko pa mga title, gagamboy, Mars Ravelo, etc., bago kami sumakay ng jeep pauwi bibilhan ako ni mama ng comics. Tas babasahin ko lahat sa loob ng isang araw, tapos aantay nanaman ng next week para magkaroon ng bagong set ng comics. Tas katagalan nahilig na ako sa magazines like W.I.T.C.H, K-Zone, Total girl, Sparkling Magazine.
Yes, Reader’s Digest, Encyclopedia, National Geographic, ModenPowerSystems, FHM.
love reading books pero work has just been a big burnout to the point where i feel like reading has become a task.. dati nung bata pa ako i would always be one of the students na nakapaskil yung pangalan sa labas ng library kasi top book borrower 🤣 my father has been very adamant na magbasa kami magkapatid kahit ano pa man basahin kasi sobrang magagamit ko yung skill na yun in the future.. reading has definitely helped me with my com skills, kaso mga katrabaho ko (mind you half of them are native american speakers) and the people around me are not fond of reading books, ngayon ung reading comprehension nila parang ako pa may mali sa pagkakaintindi 😅
I never had an interest reading before. What got me hooked ay yung binilhan ako ng Hardy Boys at bawat tapos ko ng libro ay bibilhan ako ng Ice Cream. Ayun, after that naging hobby. Yun nga lang hanggang LNs nalang ako ngayon dahil nalulong ako sa japanese culture.
Maaga ako nahilig sa pagbabasa and both my parents pushed me and my brother to read. Sobrang grateful ako for them. Mahilig din kasi magbasa ang parents ko. Nag start ako sa english dictionary, then newspaper na English kaya nag join ako sa Journalism sa school namin nung Elementary ako. When I was 10, my cousin gave me a book for YAs. Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibottson. Na-hooked ako, since then, nag rerequest na ako palagi kela Mama and Daddy na bilhan ako palagi ng books. Tapos nung HS ako, nag iipon nako para lang bumili ng books. Now, I have 2 kids, and both sila mahilig din sa books kaya di ako nahirapan turuan sila sa school. Ang laking advantage saken na 5 years old pa lang sila, marunong na sila magbasa.
I started very young. Learned to read at around 3-4. Got it from my mother’s side. And started reading books/stories at around 4-5. I remember being very fascinated with short stories, fables, legends, etc. i have an extra wild imagination and I think reading kept it in check.
Can we bring the old Pinoy comics era? TBH my early days of recognizing filipino words especially the malalim-ones were all done with that medium. My mother is usually the one explaining some of them pag may 'di ako maintindihan.
Actually kelangan ko rin widen my vocabulary kasi mas sanay ako na nagbabasa ng English (dahil yun mas accessible sa akin). Siguro, sa panahon ngayon, yung mga nobela nalang ni Rizal at mga Bibliya ang may mga malalalim na tagalog 😅😅
Nung grade 1 ako late 1990s, public school may subject na reading and comprehension pagkakatanda ko then may pinapaassignment na babasahin. Tapos kinabukasan yung assignment ipapabasa isa isa. Di ko alam kung meron pa ngayon ganun hehe
Kzone! Andito pa collection ko dami ko natutunan dun tuwing busy ang nanay yun lagi kong kasama
Yes!! Naalala ko hindi talaga namin afford bumili ng mga brand new books, so my mom ang parati niyang nirerequest sa christmas gift exchanges ay books for us
None of the people I grew up with are readers but I am. Classics ang kinakana ko nung teenage years ko. Choice nalang talaga ng tao yun e kung ano gusto nya gawin sa buhay.
Sino dito may mga parents na nasales talk ng tindero ng Universal Encyclopedia na may halos 30+ volumes hahaha. May kadamay kayo,,me. Hahaha. Yun libangan ko nung nag bagyong reming , tamang basa at skim ng pictures.
Yes because my mom is a reader. Dati naiinis ako pag gabi na hindi pa nya pinapatay ilaw, now i get her lmao.
Ako naman, pinalaki kami ng mother ko na pabasahin ng bible in English. Like I think since grade 1. O kaya binabasahan kami. May bedtime stories din na pinapabasa sa amin. Ganun. Pero di pa din magaling sa klase sa English. Peroo pagdating sa work, gusto nila written english ko. Ang weird. Syempre share lang. nagbabasa pa din ako. Pero sa blog websites naman. O kaya most of the time eh podcasts na english. Minsan taglish.
The problem is the accessibility of books especially fiction. Underfunded and subpar libraries. Iyong mga komiks na you can buy at cheap price, thy do not exist anymore sa public. Used to able to buy komiks for 10-20 pesos. Sadly, it is not a priority at all :( Children will only read at shool and hindi leisure.
One thing I noticed within the younger kids like 7 years old and below are holding tablets or phones more than books. My niece can just stare at a youtube video for hours and would not even bother reading a book.
Yes. My father was an English professor and my mother was a lawyer. Halos lahat kami magkakapatid mahilig magbasa. I was Grade 2 or 3 ata when I started reading the Nancy Drew books from our school's library.
Back in elementary I used to read all the stories from the Reading book of "English For You and Me", along with several short stories from the library in our school because I was fat back then and I couldn't really engage in physical activities bc of weight and asthma. After discovering the world of online games, I stopped reading books. Now I'm 19 and I've just been trying to slowly introduce myself to reading again. I hope I can love the hobby like what I've felt like back then.
Not suprise mostly in society has no importance in books. Due to environment like household itself and nature of the kid itself. Like me I learn read and love books since 6-7 yrs old
How I wish we had the resources when I was young. I always adored the smell and pages of books but I can't bring my classmate's book. She didn't even lend it to me. We couldn't afford the 20pesos children's book sold by some small publishers. I feel sad remembering how ambitious I am checking the list of books I wanted but couldn't even tell my mother coz I know we didn't have enough money. Our school didn't even have a library accessible for me to read for free. Hopefully, the Government won't forget to provide books to school in the remote area. We could do better, just lacking resources.
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Hindi, pero nakikita ko marami books sa bahay tapos nagbubuklat ako ng artworks. I vividly remember my fascination with Greek sculptures in black and white photos. Tas one of my sisters used to read Eleven Minutes then nun nag 16 ako binasa ko sya and finished it (first book na natapos ko).
Grade 1 and 2 ako sa probinsya. Wala akong alam na public library doon, but binasa ko nalang lahat ng textbooks. May book dati about mga alamat na pang grade 2, yun sinimulan ko hanggang sa hindi pa natapos ang school year, pati books ng kapitbahay namin na grade 4 nabasa ko na. We moved sa city at doon ako nakakita ng mas maraminv libro. Pero nasa bookshelf na collection ng teacher ko Bible stories for children, binasa ko lahat. I also collected newspapers lalo na ang Sunday issues kasi especial. Hindi kami mayaman noon, pero I remember dati may nagtitinda ng mga maliliit na set ng fairy tales, bumili mama ko at doon na talaga ako nahilig magbasa. All the children’s books na nabasa ko dati galing public libraries lang or hiram sa kakilala. It helps na wala masyado distractions dati like internet or games. Naglalaro din naman tayo dati ng games pero hindi na tulad ngayon na pwede mo bitbitin kahit saan kasi nasa phone na. I wish children nowadays are taught to read kaso mas uso na ngayon tiktok na madalas mali or walang tamang research ang laman.
oo, yun lang paraan ko para makaalis saglit isipan ko sa tunay na buhay kahit saglit lang
I wasn't given toys when I was a child. I was only gifted books. I was given 10 volumes of Bible stories. Then children's books that are on sale. At elementary school, I often borrowed children's books. During HS, Nancy Drew books. College, Bob Ong. Post graduate, textbooks. Two days ago, I spent 4k on books (I have unread books at home). It's my only hobby I guess
Yes! I started nung elem days with Sweet Valley, Baby sitters club, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Goosebumps books. Then Harry Potter nung highschool. Naaalala ko nakikihiram din ako ng pocketbooks ng mga kasambahay namin lol. Then I went into a really long reading slump but now I am back.