Akulula kakhulu ukufumana incwadi eneempawu eziqaqambileyo njengoko kubonakala kuqala. Ukwenza oku, kufuneka ufunde amacandelo ambalwa malunga nendlela yokukhetha iincwadi kubantwana. Ukufunyanwa kwencwadi yabantwana bokuqala ngumcimbi woxanduva, kuba yincwadi yokuqala ekhonza 'njengesiseko' sobudlelwane obusondeleyo bomntwana kunye neencwadi. Abantwana abancinci ababukeli, kungekhona abafundi, ngoko ukubonakala kweencwadi kunye nemifanekiso kuthatha indima ebalulekileyo. Kungenxa yoko, xa uthengela incwadi kumntwana, zonke izinto kufuneka ziqwalaselwe.
Qala uqaphele ukubopha. Ukubopha kufuneka kube namandla ngokwaneleyo, kuba kuya kufuneka ukhuthazelele iimvavanyo ezinzima. Umva webhuku kufuneka uqiniseke, kwaye ikhuselo likhuni. Kungcono ukhethe incwadi kunye namaphepha aqingqiweyo, kodwa kungekhona ngamaphepha athile. Amaphepha avela kwiincwadi ezinamathele ngokukhawuleza ahlawule, ngaphandle kweli xesha i-glue iyaqala ukuhlukana, nto leyo umntwana aya kufuneka ukuyisebenzisa.
Incwadi ekhaphabhodi yokubopha kunye namaphepha amakhadibhodi ilungele abantwana abancinci kakhulu, kuba kunzima ukuphula incwadi enjalo kumfundi osebenzayo.
Kodwa kuthekani ukuba ndiyayithanda incwadi yephepha? Kule meko, ifolda yeplastiki kunye neefayile ziya kunceda. Amaphepha avela kwiincwadi ezithengiweyo zicetyiswa ukuba zifakwe ngokukhawuleza kwifayile yeefolda. Kungcono ukuqoqa phezulu kwefayili ngeglue evulekileyo, oku akuyi kuvumela amaphepha ukuba aphume, kwaye umntwana akayi kufumana amaphepha kwifayili, abayi kubadla kwaye abayi kubaphula.
Into elandelayo omele uyibuke ngayo ifomathi. Kubantwana, kungcono ukuthenga incwadi ukwenzela ukuba ifomathi ayikho ngaphantsi kwephepha lomhlaba, ngoko ifayile iya kwahluka kakuhle, kwaye imifanekiso iya kuba enkulu. Ngexesha elifanayo, le ncwadi ayifanele ibe yindalo enkulu, kuba kuya kuba nzima ukuba umntwana ahlanganise yonke ifomathi ukujonga imifanekiso.
Emva koko, sihlola iphepha. Eli phepha kwincwadi yabantwana kufuneka libe lifanelekileyo, likhulu, limhlophe (i-beige encane). Emva koko, ukuba akukho phapani phakathi kombala wephepha kunye nombala wefonti, kuphazamisa amehlo.
Abantwana bangcono ukuba bangazithengi iincwadi ezinamaqabunga amacwecwe, kuba iphepha elinjalo lenza i-glare ne-gleams. Ukongezelela, ukusikwa kwiimakhishithi ezimnyama zibukhali ngokwaneleyo ukuba umntwana azenzele.
Abantwana abancinci bakhetha iincwadi kunye namaphepha amakhadibhodi, abagijimi, abaqhubi, kwaye nangona umntwana echitha into encwadini leyo, unokususwa.
Ifolda, enye enye into ekufuneka uyiqwalasele. Kufuneka kucace, ukuhlukana kunye nekhulu ngokwaneleyo. Abantwana abangayazi ukufunda, ngokuzonwabisa, khangela iileta eziqhelekileyo kwitekisi kwaye ufunde ukufunda ngokungaqondakaliyo. Inkqubo yokufunda iya kuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwaye ilula ukuba ifonti ikhudlwana kwaye iyanda.
Umthamo wencwadi yinto ebalulekileyo. Apha, kungcono kubazali ukuba bayeke ukuthenga iincwadi zabo ezibizayo kunye neengqungqelo kumntwana wabo. Umntwana uya kuba nokulungele ukuqwalasela iincwadi ezininzi ezincinci kunomnye omkhulu.
Imizekeliso kufuneka inike ingqwalasela ekhethekileyo, kuba ngokwabo i-kid imelela amaqhawe endalini. Imizobo kufuneka ifakwe, akukho mifanekiso yecomputer-anime. Nangona iifoto ezinjalo ziqhakazile, ziyabanda kwaye azibonakalisi isimo sengqondo somculi kumaqhawe emfa.
Imibala xa ukhetha incwadi idlala indima ebalulekileyo. Kuye kwabonakaliswa ukuba u-half half-tones othuliweyo bathandwa ngabantwana ngaphezu kokukhanya okuvulekileyo. Kuze kube unyaka, iincwadi ezinenani lemifanekiso ziya kufumana (ukuba isivakalisi ngasinye siboniswe). Nangona umntwana engengeminyaka emi-5 ubudala, kungcono ukhethe ezo ncwadi apho iphepha ngalinye linemifanekiso.
Ngokuqhelekileyo, amaqhawe eengane zezingane zizilwanyana, ngoko kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba izilwanyana ezipende zifana nezilwanyana zangempela ngokunokwenzeka. Musa ukuthatha ezo ncwadi apho umntu ethathwa yintloko yentloko. Ngabalingiswa abatshatiweyo, ukubonakalisa abantu akufanele kube kubi, kwinqanaba elibi, mhlawumbi umntwana angenelwa. Uhlobo lwamaqhawe lufanele lube lulo hlobo lokuba umntwana unentembelo yokuba iqhawe elihle lokulwa neqhawe elibi.
Naka ingqalelo kwimimandla kwimifanekiso. Imihlaba ifanele ibonise imeko yenkcazelo yamagama: umntwana kufuneka aqonde okukhethileyo kwintlango apho uMowgli ahlala khona, apho iMaska ilahlekelwe yindlela yayo. Ngoko umntwana uya kuhlakulela imfesane kwaye awandise ama-horizons akhe.