How to raise kids that read 28 Articles

by Ninna P

I am a voracious omnivorous reader. All thanks to my family. I can only attribute this love of reading to the omnipresence of reading materials in our home: volumes of encyclopedia, the Reader's Digest, newspapers and othe...read more

by Jessica Sherry

The key to raising a lifelong reader is modeling the behavior and enabling young children to explore the world of books with you. As soon as your child opens his or her eyes, you can introduce them to the written word. R...read more

by Mary Martir

Raising kids that read is relatively easy, in spite of what some professionals say today. PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH: I know, it's an old adage that gets no support these days. Do what you tell your children to do. That'...read more

by Jane Buckley

Make books *live* for your child. The story shouldn't stay on the page but should make its way into he reader's head and take on a life of its own as it mixes with the reader's thoughts. Good books show us another world. ...read more

by Suzy Tan

Between reading and watching TV, the first will always be a far better way of enhancing your kids' intelligence. Spending too much time in front of the tube tends to shorten one's attention. And with the kind of culture br...read more

by Peta Cameron

How to raise kids that read: Oh the magnificent joy of reading. The wondrous love children can learn is all in that first wonderful book you bring home for them. Reading is thought in process and learning in waiting. ...read more

by Virginia Lowe

Pleasure must come first aesthetic pleasure. Picture books are an art form involving both words and pictures. If you read the actual words while the baby or toddler looks at the pictures, you will be treating the work wit...read more

by Janice Connelly

The first steps in raising a child that reads are to enjoy reading yourself and to establish reading as a fun activity with your child. As a parent, you probably have already noticed that young children tend not only to i...read more

by Maddie Morgan

We know that we should, we know that we have to, then why does reading sometimes seem like such a chore? No matter how difficult, or time consuming it may be to teach your child to read and continue with good reading habit...read more

by Carl Laws

The 10 most important things a parent can do to get children to read. 1. READ TO your children from birth. Letting them look at the book and touch it respectfully. 2. Display the ALPHABET with picture identification ...read more

by Chrissie Atkinson

* Start as early as possible, read to them as a baby and child. As a baby allow them to play with block books and sit and look at the pictures with them. * Learn them their ABC, if they do not know their alphabet the...read more

by Jackie Hofmeister

If we think back to our earliest memory of reading we can probably all conjure up some feelings of independence, feelings of being a "big kid" (for those of us with older siblings) and feelings of a secret world full of ad...read more

by Tucker Lieberman

Common sense tells us that children who observe their parents sticking their noses in books should be more likely to feel comfortable around books and book-lovers. They also should be more likely to perceive themselves as...read more

by Jo Linsdell

The joy of reading is something that seems to be disappearing as the years pass largely due to computers and other games coming on the market but this can be changed by a more positive attitude of parents towards reading. ...read more

by Immortal Kitty

Parents that read, raise children that read. Its not enough for parents to read, they need to share their reading experience with their children. For instance, when i get a new book to read, I find one that will interest m...read more

by Dorothy Wilde

Firstly you have to prepare your kids in order to read. This you can do by teaching him the following things: · Teach him the letters of the alphabets and counting numbers from 1 to 10. · Teach him to identif...read more

by Cyndi Richardson

Reading is a gift that you can give your child that they will play with for the rest of their lives. When we read to our children we are showing them that they need not spend a great amount of money for enjoyment or enter...read more

by Kim Burns

Raising a reader is a hard thing to do in a computer world and a world of movies and t.v.'s . I have always been a reader and can get lost in the book like you wouldn't believe . So, in the tradition of wanting to have...read more

by Lyn Dee

I've always loved reading, and naturally began reading to my two children as soon as they were born. When they were toddlers the local libray was our second home. I didn't think I was being a 'pushy' parent - I just assume...read more

by Mel Bergen

Kids are sponges for whom everything is new. This means that teaching them to love reading is as easy as showing them that books and magazines are where knowledge lives. Here are some tips for fostering a love of reading...read more