Encouraging children to read is proven to improve their confidence, and will impact postively on many other facets of a child’s life.
Reading can be laborious for some. Or at least they think it is, but without realising, reluctant readers actually enjoy some forms of it.
Books are not the only place to engage in reading, and they are not the sole preserve of bookworms.
Words are, of course, everywhere, and all count as reading: Road signs, film subtitles, comics, magazines, menus, posters, crib sheets, timetables, and even on the sides of buses.
Like the Reading for life initiative’s tag line “Reading isn’t only in books, it’s everywhere.” Their website offers many excellent ideas and examples of how to make reading enjoyable for you, and your child. For example, if your child is into football, then why not read their team’s latest match report, or better still, encourage them to write their own? Or if your child can do little else but boogie to their favourite tunes, suggest that they read the song lyrics, and work out what they mean. Another idea is to suggest your child find these meanings via reading. It is an excellent resource, with some fabulous ideas to get children, parents, adults, and whole families reading together.
For younger children, picture books are ideal, and read regularly, gets them into the reading habit. It is also great if you can find material that matches their ever changing interests, like this little fellow, who obviously wants to be a farmer when he grows up.
Time is precious, which is why we think it is very important to be inventive, and appreciate that reading and encouraging it, can be done in all sorts of forms, and at all sorts of times.
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