Get Your Child to Love Reading

Get Your Child to Love Reading Be the Reader yourself

Children love to imitate their parents. So lead by example. Pick up a book and read; read a magazine, or the newspaper. Read anything and everything. It is important for children to see the parents reading and enjoying it, so they will know reading is valuable and fun. Be the model for your child to follow. Over time, your child will learn to integrate reading as one of her daily activities.

Read aloud

Reading out loud is an excellent way to get your child interested in starting to read. Try reading with animated expressions as well. Children hearing the rhymes and rhythms of language, and seeing some dramatic

experience will keep their attention. Reading aloud nurtures children's love of words in both the spoken and written forms. Remember to shut all noise out, like by turning off the TV, and putting your cell phone to silent mode. The read-together time is a special time for you to bond with your children.

Bring along reading material when commute.

Ensure to pack along something to read everywhere you go; such as a book for yourself and another one for your child. Take out this reading material while you commute and read it. Show your child reading is a constructive method to pass time.

Read Regularly and Often

Read as often as you can with your child on a daily basis. Children have short attention span. So it is important to choose a time when they are not tired or hungry. Ensure reading time with your child is an enjoyable experience for him. Stop once your child loses interest, because even a few minutes a day of reading is sufficient to foster the passion to read.

Create the suitable reading environment

Ensure your child is comfortable when he is reading. Make sure he is sitting up right while reading, and on a comfortable chair. The light on his reading material must be sufficient too.

Visit the library

Get a library card. Make library visits a fun weekly routine. Engage your child to pick his own books and spend some time in the library to read them. Before you approve him to borrow these books, do play a part in evaluating the suitability of these books. Let your child feel responsible for the books he borrowed, and this will encourage him to read those books.

Book as part of toy's selection

Include books as part of toy selection for your child. If there are more books than toys in the house, she is more likely to pick up a book to occupy herself. Create a library at home for her to enjoy.

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