We all know how important reading is to our lives, but our children have not learned the importance yet. Because they need to learn the importance of learning the skill. So how do you encourage your children to love books? Reading is a difficult subject for any child, especially when they are learning the sound of letters and letter combinations.
Many parents turn to nagging, pleading, and criticizing and even threatening their children in order to get them to read. Unfortunately, the more you push, the harder your child will resist. So what tricks can you use to encourage your child to love books?
One of the most effective methods of getting your kids to read is by purchasing them bestselling books that have been published on their favorite television shows and topics that interest them.
We all know how important reading is to our lives, but our children have not learned the importance yet. Because they need to learn the importance of learning the skill. So how do you encourage your children to love books? Reading is a difficult subject for any child, especially when they are learning the sound of letters and letter combinations.
Many parents turn to nagging, pleading, and criticizing and even threatening their children in order to get them to read. Unfortunately, the more you push, the harder your child will resist. So what tricks can you use to encourage your child to love books?
One of the most effective methods of getting your kids to read is by purchasing them bestselling books that have been published on their favorite television shows and topics that interest them.
Visit the Library
By taking your child to the library you are showing them a world of books. They will be amazed at how many choices they have and how much imagination they can use to explore the world. Teaching your children that books take them to far off lands and that books can take them anywhere they want to go in the world, or outside of it.
Read in Front of Your Children
Reading in front of your children is a great way to lead by example. Reading daily, whether it is from a book, your kindle, or the newspaper can ensure that your child will take notice. Occasionally, you should choose a story that would interest your child, and use your reading time to read a children’s book to your child.
Let Your Child Choose their Own Books
By allowing your child to choose their own books, you are giving them the power to control their own imagination. This will ensure that they read the books that are available to them when it is time to read.
Create a Family Reading Time
By creating a quiet time where everyone in the family reads, your children will develop the habit of reading on a regular basis and their reading level will develop much faster than other children their age.
Even if your children resist at first, they will develop a love of reading over time.
Use Audio Books?
Audiobooks are a great way to improve your child’s love of reading. While it isn’t equivalent to having a parent reading to you, it can help a child learn to decipher words that they have not heard or seen before.
Audio books help a child learn inflection. They learn how to add emotion to the words inside the books and they will learn not to read in a monotone voice. This will help them enjoy reading at a level that most children do not learn until they reach middle school or high school.
Help Your Children Read
Help your child read as often as possible. Make sure that you are teaching them to read in complete sentences, instead of breaking it down into little bits and pieces. Use your finger to follow along with the words that are in the book so your child can take the time to recognize the words that you are reading rather than just listen to the story. Your child will take greater interest in the words if you take the time to point them out.
Let your Child Read to You
Allowing your child to read to you lets you gain a great concept of what level your child is reading at, and whether they need easier books, or harder books than they currently have. Keep things fresh and adventurous for your child. You can also rotate the books they have in and out so that your child will find something new each time they look for a book to read.
Visit the Library
By taking your child to the library you are showing them a world of books. They will be amazed at how many choices they have and how much imagination they can use to explore the world. Teaching your children that books take them to far off lands and that books can take them anywhere they want to go in the world, or outside of it.
Read in Front of Your Children
Reading in front of your children is a great way to lead by example. Reading daily, whether it is from a book, your kindle, or the newspaper can ensure that your child will take notice. Occasionally, you should choose a story that would interest your child, and use your reading time to read a children’s book to your child.
Let Your Child Choose their Own Books
By allowing your child to choose their own books, you are giving them the power to control their own imagination. This will ensure that they read the books that are available to them when it is time to read.
Create a Family Reading Time
By creating a quiet time where everyone in the family reads, your children will develop the habit of reading on a regular basis and their reading level will develop much faster than other children their age.
Even if your children resist at first, they will develop a love of reading over time.
Use Audio Books?
Audiobooks are a great way to improve your child’s love of reading. While it isn’t equivalent to having a parent reading to you, it can help a child learn to decipher words that they have not heard or seen before.
Audio books help a child learn inflection. They learn how to add emotion to the words inside the books and they will learn not to read in a monotone voice. This will help them enjoy reading at a level that most children do not learn until they reach middle school or high school.
Help Your Children Read
Help your child read as often as possible. Make sure that you are teaching them to read in complete sentences, instead of breaking it down into little bits and pieces. Use your finger to follow along with the words that are in the book so your child can take the time to recognize the words that you are reading rather than just listen to the story. Your child will take greater interest in the words if you take the time to point them out.
Let your Child Read to You
Allowing your child to read to you lets you gain a great concept of what level your child is reading at, and whether they need easier books, or harder books than they currently have. Keep things fresh and adventurous for your child. You can also rotate the books they have in and out so that your child will find something new each time they look for a book to read.
