Ways to Encourage Reading
Ways to Encourage Reading
- Read to your child daily and have them read to you. Read many different types of books. (Very important!)
- Keep good and entertaining reading material in almost every room of the house.
- Take your child to the library weekly.
- Set a limit on the amount of time your child is allowed to watch television and on screen time.
- Subscribe to a children’s magazine.
- Reward your child with a new book and extra reading time.
- Show an interest in reading by reading yourself. You are their best model.
- Encourage different types of reading. Cook with your child and have them read the recipe. In a restaurant, encourage your child to read the menu. While traveling, ask your child to read the road signs.
Reading should be an enjoyable experience for you and your child!