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Help Your Children Learn to Love Reading
from: Kyle BesserIt is very important to create an environment that promotes the love of reading. Reading if a vital necessary to survive in today's world. Reading is educational. Reading sparks imagination. Reading is a way to relieve stress and it provides entertainment and enjoyment. Here are a few ideas to help you promote child development education by helping your child develop a love of reading.
The most important parent involvement in child education can do to is promote a love for reading. Let the children see how much you love reading. Children will pick up reading naturally if the parent sets the example. Set aside a time each day, or at least several times a week, when everyone in the family reads. A half hour before bed seems to work out for most families. Be consistent. Don't skip the reading even if you have a million other things to do.
Read to your children, especially when they are young. Even after they are old enough to read by themselves, it is still a treat to have a parent read to them. Create a tradition of reading one chapter from a book each night before bed. Take turns reading, and have your children read to you.
Never take away books as part of punishment. You want reading to be a part of their daily life, not an activity they can live without.
Share the books you loved when you were growing up. They will have the pleasure of reading the books, and then you can use them as a point of discussion.
Start your own family book club. Have everyone read the same book and have a family discussion after everyone has read it. You could check out several copies from the library or take turns reading from the same book.
Give every child a reading nook in their bedroom. A beanbag chair or other cozy chair, a small table with a reading lamp and a small bookcase are all that is needed. If space is too limited, a comfy chair and reading lamp will do. Creating a calming, relaxing space in your child's room will encourage them to read.
Let your children choose their own books within reason. The goal of parent involvement in child education is to help your child learn to love reading. If all your child wants to read is magazines or other reading material you consider not good, then perhaps you can find something your child is very interested in and find books on that subject, but try to get them to read them without you pushing too hard. Remember that you want reading to become something they want to do and not become a chore!
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