Making Reading fun for kids

Jan 16
08:42

2008

Rachel Dominique

Rachel Dominique

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Nowadays many parents are very anxious to see their children be effective readers even before they enter elementary school. They are afraid that their child would lose out to others and fall behind in the fast changing pace of education. To give your child the edge one should start through cultivating the interest in reading in the child while they are young.

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Nowadays many parents are very anxious to see their children be effective readers even before they enter elementary school. They are afraid that their child  would lose out to others and fall behind in the fast changing pace of education.

To give your child the edge one should start through cultivating the interest in reading in the child while they are young.

Here are tips on how you can make reading more interesting

Tip # 1 Read anything and do it often.

Reading could be done anytime/anywhere throughout the day and not only confined to bedtime stories before they sleep. You can read out snippets from the magazine/newspapers that you subscribe as a change from the usual storybooks. This can help stir their interest in the daily happenings and increase their knowledge in current issues. It also helps you build up a close bond with your child as you are sharing with him/her what is close to your heart.

Tip #2 Do not just read the book from cover to back

What can be more boring then just rote reading from page to page?

Bring the story/article to life. Discuss with you child what the story is talking about. Get him/her to interact with the story by asking inferential questions. Use hand actions to place focus to certain items on the page which you would like to emphasize. You can also add in songs and dance to make the story move lively.

Tip #3 Make reading fun.

Make it a positive and happy activity. Never force your child to sit and read a book if he/she is unwilling. By doing so it will only instill negative thoughts towards the activity and make them shut themselves off from being receptive to the pleasures of knowledge building through reading. If you,Making Reading fun for kids Articles yourself, show that you enjoy reading, your child will slowly develop the same desire and interest too as they love to model and emulate what us, adults, do.