How to get into the reading habit? what are the best books to start with? what is the best time in a day to?

Question

read. i have a baby and want to cultivate reading habits in him even as he is still a baby. but for that i need to learn to read myself. i am so used to watching tv and chatting uselessly on the net that i cant sit down and see myself picking up a book and reading patiently. i am ashamed to confess, i havent even read enid blyton, nancy drew or any of those books kids in their childhood and teens read. i get scared to stare at a fat book and fall asleep if the first two pages are boring. biographies and real stories interest me more that fiction. how to develop a liking to all subjects?

Answer 1

Its a good thing u like to cultivate this habit to ur child. I tel u how my father made me a good reader. He bought me some comics books in my childhood. I try to read and liked it. Slowly he was asking questions about general knowledge, If i didn't know the answer he nurtured me to come with answer from anywhere mostly from atlas. Then I used to go my friend's home his father has a collection of books. I chose to read children books and slowly started to read all books. So what i want to say is You have to be a good reader unless its very difficult to cultivate the habit to ur baby. U choose to read some jovial books of ur mother tongue or english. I promise, if u read "Swamy and Friends" By R.K.Narayan, u will stick to the books. Atlast, my father helped me and my sister to do the same thing, but my sister isn't a good reader. Mind it. It depends upon the person only.

Answer 2

The best books to start are the little ones. Read books to your child first. You'll start getting into a habit of reading. Once you do, start moving onto generes you are most likely interested in. When I was a kid, I just hated reading novels. But after watching the first Harry Potter movie and then reading the book, I realized how diverse the book and the movie was. Before I knew it, I enjoyed reading fantasy books. I would recomend reading Harry Potter and the Sorccers Stone. It's not a long book, but it will keep you going until you reach the end. It will be tought to find time to read, but try to replace the hours you use watching tv or checking your email with reading at least 15 minutes before you go to sleep. Reading before sleeping usually lets your body to relax more and you will have deeper sleep.

Answer 3

Look for books about things you are interested in. How to's are great, if you enjoy any arts or crafts or even cookbooks, or books about style and beauty are all informative enough to stay interesting even to the most impatient readers. After you discipline yourself to spend 20 min or so a day reading those then move on to human interest type stuff like parenting books (those are always really helpful for new parents anyway!!) or look into the history section for biographies on the lives of people you admire. You don't have to be a huge bookworm yourself to incorporate a love of reading into your child's life. The do mimic what they see so don't plop in front of the tv too much. But really kids mostly seem to benefit from being read to as often as possible while they are young, I even read to mine as infants and so fat they all love books.

Answer 4

Go with what you like...if it is true stories and biographies then start there....just find a book at your local library and go for it. I like to read when I am eating lunch at home alone, or in the morning (when I should be doing my own school work) after my girls go to school. My girls like to read before they go to bed and after school before dinner. Usually when there is nothing on the TV! Reading and enjoying books is a great habit to have....and you are doing a great service by "leading by example" for your son.

Don't worry over the books you never read as a child...not everyone has read them all. FYI there are alot of great "kid" or "young adult" books out there now that are even better....try a Harry Potter or a Pendragon or a Charlie Bone these are all great series that our whole family has enjoyed! Good luck & happy reading!!

Answer 5

I would start slowly with what you like. Go to the library and just browse around. Pick up about 5-6 books that you think will be interesting. Don't worry about the 'classics'. Try to get through at least three. You need to get used to reading again before you can force yourself to make it through a book you might not enjoy. As you start getting to read more than half your choices for the time you have the books, start throwing in at least one book you think you should read. Read at least half of it and then decide if you want to keep reading it. Try to pick out a new subject every week to read. Don't force yourself to read anything you don't want to, you won't enjoy it and no one else cares what you're reading.

Good luck!

Answer 6

TO get into reading habit u first have to be in habit of reading news paper than come on to the some books like any story book of novel of any writer like Odyssey,hardy boys ,Nancy etc

Answer 7

I know it will sound childish, but Harry Potter is really a great starting place. I find them to be the most exciting books I know of, and I read all sorts of books. I have gotten many people hooked on reading with them.

But, please, read ALL the way through the first and through part of the second before making your decision as to whether to continue or not. Many people quit after the first couple of chapters of the first, but most people who continue on a little farther decide to finish all the books.

And don't let the size of the later books daunt you, as children's books they are double spaced and double spaced and are in reality only 1/2 as long as they look. (but they really are not only for kids, I know many adults who love them!)

Answer 8

Read anything you can get your hands into. When you are able to acquire the habit, you will desire for more.

Answer 9

just read one day you will never stop reading