I have taken away video games, TV. I have tried to find thing they seem to be interested in and find books about it for them to read. The biggest problem is getting them to read.
2006-10-16 17:16:49 · 11 answers · asked by Hello-N-goodbye 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I have found that the best way to get kids to read is to make them want to read and not press them into doing it. Expose your kids to things they are interested in. Eg. if the kids are interested in soccer and love to play having them talk to someone who will hype up the physics of soccer to make them want to read about science.
Having the kids exposed to different things that would make them want to ask questions, and look up the answer. Another thing I have done is play trivia games and have the kids look up the answers and the first team to find the answer wins.
One of the things we do at dinner is have a topic and a topic leader, even a young one can teach the adults and older kids about a topic at dinner.
These things have helped me to help my kids love to read.
2006-10-16 17:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by samlevine05667 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Projects built around subjects they find interesting are always a good way of getting kids interested. For example, right now my 5 year old daughter is interested in dinosaurs so we're doing a lapbook which means writing and drawing, she's playing Dinosaur Top Trumps (reading and numbers), and obviously the whole thing covers some interesting science. If she were older I'd extend it to include history (the first people to discover dinosaurs and the period they lived in), geography (where they're found), more heavy duty geology, chemistry and biology and maybe even some literature (reading dinosaur related fiction). There's sure to be something that your sister's kids are interested in that she could use.
2016-05-22 08:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sylvia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on age kids get thier attitudes first from parents then peers. As they get older peers become more influential so strike early. If they see you enjoying the learning experience this will help. What are you learning at the moment? Share it with them if you can. Have you spoken to them about their aspirations? At the end of the day for a person to become a life-long learner they need to see the benifits and then want to, not unlike giving up smoking.
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2006-10-17 03:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by cy marven 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try taking away workbooks, and start doing hands-on activities with them.
This is the BEST way to inspire your kids.
And don't reward with "video games, and tv" if your trying to steer them away from that. Use books as a reward, and they will start thinking they are worth something. Let them earn "book money" which could be library coupons, or money coupons that you make up, that they can save up to buy a book of their choice. (comic books, mag, etc are not included.)
2006-10-17 07:52:31 · answer #4 · answered by xboxgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-27 13:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was little my mom read to me every night. and when i got older i would read to her. i think its important to be involved which obviously you are but you just have to find more interactive things.kids are pressured to learn alot now at a very young age(kindergarten around here teaches spanish) when i was in kindergarten we just learned colors and shapes etc. so maybe go to a museum or find books at the store that they pick out and read some together every night. honestly they are probably just to bored to be interested.smarter than you think!
2006-10-16 17:30:51 · answer #6 · answered by ♥mama♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try making it fun! Make up games. Get hooked on phonics that worked when i was helping my younger cousins to read!
2006-10-16 17:26:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How old are they? Try the Leapfrog video games or v-smile!
2006-10-16 17:19:14 · answer #8 · answered by SarinaAnn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they're under 13, ice cream or cake
If they're over 13, ice cream or cake and money
2006-10-16 17:24:14 · answer #9 · answered by Inquiry888 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try buying them comics....maybe it'll make them interested in reading....
2006-10-16 17:33:48 · answer #10 · answered by atlanta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋