10 Ways Busy Parents Can Encourage Reading
January 22, 2007
10 Ways
Busy Parents
Can Encourage Reading
1. Place a variety of children’s books and magazines in handy spots around your home. Urge your kids to look through them often.
2. Bring books on family errands and trips-on the bus, in the car, to the doctor, to the store, to relatives’ homes, etc.
3. Have your kids read books to you while you prepare dinner or fold laundry.
4. Turn play dates into reading circles. Ask the children to read to each other, then discuss the story.
5. Go to the library regularly. Bring paperwork and pay your bills while your kids look at books.
6. When you read the newspaper, have your child sit with you and read the comics or the kids section.
7. Ask your children to read recipes to you as you cook, or instruction manuals at you assemble items.
8. Encourage your older children to read to their younger siblings.
9. Give your children books and magazine subscriptions as gifts.
10. Limit TV viewing to make time for reading. Even 15 minutes of reading before bedtime can improve your children’s skills.
Remember: A love of reading leads to success. The more time your children spend reading, the better!
