Getting Children Interested In Reading
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Re: Getting Children Interested In Reading
- MandiKenendy
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lady_charlie wrote:Children need to see you reading - unfortunately as I get older my daughter frequently sees me asleep with a book on my lap. That counts, though.
I agree. Boys need to see men reading as well so they don't associate it with something women do.
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I also started reading young adult series with my oldest son so we could discuss them together. I enjoy the bonding reading together creates. He is 13 and heading into the teen years, so I am trying to keep as many connections with him as I can as he grows up.
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he loves the pictures and is trying to read them at nearly
five years old
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It's not about making yourself or your children read...it's demonstrating what a pleasure it is. The library can be an outing to look forward to. A lot of libraries and bookstores have all kinds of programs for kids, get involved.
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I'm lucky in that when my kids (5 & 3) do want to watch tv they want to watch the "let's help you read" shows like Super Why.
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lady_charlie wrote:Children need to see you reading - unfortunately as I get older my daughter frequently sees me asleep with a book on my lap. That counts, though.
This is spot-on. Children learn a great deal from what we tell them, but they learn so much more from what we show them.
My teens are both avid readers (of very different genres) and my youngest (just two-and-a-half) won't go anywhere or do anything without a book in her hands. The little one has had the extra benefit of seeing two older sisters who love to read as well as a mom who loves to read. (Dad reads, but he's definitely not obsessed like us girls).