Getting Children Interested In Reading
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Re: Getting Children Interested In Reading
I completely agree that having access to a variety of books with no TV distraction in the background is crucial.
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Jon Scieszka wrote a brilliant piece on how to get kids to love reading, I don't know if I'm allowed to post links here, but I do recommend googleing his article.
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I think something that was major in my eventual love of reading and my advanced reading level was the fact that my mother would read to my brother and me each night. I have no doubt that it has also contributed to my passion for writing fiction.
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I do think, however, that people read on a regular basis, perhaps more than before. But much of that reading may be text messages, emails, or online articles. Ironically, though, the average novel is much longer now than it was 50 years ago.
What got me interesting in reading as a kid was being read to. I remember when I was very young I thought that there was some kind of magic in the black marks I saw on the white page of a book. Later, I learned I was right.
Jim Brewer, Cleveland, O. (also attributed to Groucho Marx)
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A reward system we have used successfully was to check what movies they wanted on DVD. We made a deal with them; if the movie was a book first, if they'll read the book, then we'd buy them the movie. Worked like a charm!
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When I got older and she thought I ought to do more reading she would pick up a variety of books that were slightly more challenging, for me to have a go at.
But she never pressured, I think that's important!
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