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Encouraging Kids To Read

Encouraging Kids To Read. Creative ways to encourage students to read. Positive Reinforcement. Positive reinforcement from parents and teachers helps Children need to know that adults in their lives care about reading. Book Allowance. Provide an allowance for books Encourages reading.

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Encouraging Kids To Read

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  1. Encouraging Kids To Read Creative ways to encourage students to read

  2. Positive Reinforcement • Positive reinforcement from parents and teachers helps • Children need to know that adults in their lives care about reading

  3. Book Allowance • Provide an allowance for books • Encourages reading

  4. Magazines • Buy from a good magazine rack • Easily accessible • Affordable • Exercise some judgement on reading material

  5. Subscriptions • Subscriptions to a magazine are a good idea • Promotes the excitement of “ownership”

  6. Model Reading • Provide a good example • Children who see their parents reading, often become readers • Acceptance that reading is an everyday activity

  7. Read Aloud • Reading to children is one of the best ways to encourage an interest in reading • Delegate older kids to read to younger siblings • If nothing else, simply read newspaper articles aloud

  8. Special Book Place • Establish a special place in the child's room for his or her books • A feeling of ownership is important

  9. Library • Make regular family visits to the library • even if your child doesn't seem interested in taking out books

  10. Meet The Librarian • Introduce your child to the librarian • Most librarians will be only too happy to help your child find interesting material to read

  11. Recommend Books • Provide your expertise • Tell the child how difficult or easy the books are to read • let the child decide if he or she wants to read them

  12. Book Abandonment • Accept that a child may abandon a book halfway through. Hasn’t that happened to you? • Some books are not worth struggling with (for you) • Some advice suggests you abandon a book after 60 pages if it doesn’t grab you

  13. Advertise Your Purchases • Buy books for yourself and let your children know you do it

  14. Reading To You • If your child decides to read something to you, be patient and let him or her read to you.

  15. Amazon • Amazon is a great repository of books • Use customer reviews and ratings to find books your child likes • Affordable

  16. The Internet • The internet can be a great resource • Help your child find the information you need • Implement parental controls for their protection • Be discerning when filtering out inappropriate material

  17. Hobbies And Interests • Encourage kids to have hobbies and interests • Help to develop such interests by finding relevant reading material

  18. Praise • Praise the child for his or her reading, when appropriate: • Long books tackled • Hard books conquered

  19. Topics Of Interest • When a topic of interest develops for your family (like a vacation), bring home books on the topic • Share with the family

  20. Discussion • Discuss with your child any book he or she is reading for a class at school. • Read the book yourself.

  21. Opportunities • Spot opportunities for reading: • Ingredients on food • Instructions for assembling something • Cooking recipes • Rules for a new game

  22. Display Good Books • Display good books somewhere in your home • Let children know that books have an important place in the home • have a generous selection of a wide variety of books

  23. Ownership • Have your child put his name in his books • Ownership is important

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