2007-11-25 08:15:05 · 11 answers · asked by Evans O 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
If you don't already have a reading routine it can be challenging. My kids always had a mandatory reading time every day until they reached high school and I figured they were old enough to make the choice to read or not themselves. This policy, became a normal reading habit and has bread the spirit of reading for entertainment value on a regular basis with all of my children except the eldest.
Finding out what is interesting to them will be a big part of it in the absence of reading as a habit. My eleven year old is now reading the last of the Harry Potter series. GREAT stories and soooo much better than the movies. You will like them too if you haven't read them. Also, I would try to take at least one hour a week to read aloud and give the books some excitement and animation! Then stop at an exciting point and hand the book back to them and say, "your turn!", and watch them sink into the story on their own. Good luck!
2007-11-25 08:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by Shannon C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of an either you love it or you don't thing. But they may not have realized what an exciting world reading is. Go to the library and get them to each pick out a substantial chapter book to read over the next week or two. Join a book club where you have to read a certain amount of books. Also pick out an exciting family book and read them a few chapters every night before they go to bed so they can associate reading with fun memories.
Pick out some books on tape to listen to in the car. Soon they'll be begging for more =P gl
2007-11-25 08:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Show an interest in it yourself first. Even kids that age will do what the parents show to do. We also shut the TV off at 8:30 so EVERYONE can spend at least 30 min reading, also Let them get books they enjoy, as long as they're in line with your beliefs, then they'll want to continue reading. My daughter (11) likes the pet patrol, & the magic tree house books. the older children usually like the Chronicles of Narnia books, and true stories are always great.
2007-11-25 08:22:50 · answer #3 · answered by motroo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Read with them. Let them pick the book no matter how much you might detest it...and read with them. Have fun....act out the different parts. Use different voices.....make the story come alive for them. You can't just throw a book at any child this age and expect them to suddenly love reading. It's a group effort. Turn off the TV and grab a good book.
2007-11-25 08:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by Grandma of 2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to hate reading when I was younger util I turned 10. I hated reading because every time I read it was for school. My dad took me to the library and we spent 30 minutes or more just looking at books. Then I would pick one out for the week. I would read it during the week at least 30 minutes before bedtime, but in order for me to get a new one and go back to library I had to finish the whole book. To myself it was like motivation and a challenge that I could prove something to myself. At the end of the year my dad counted up all the books I had read and it gave more motivation to keep going. ---this worked for me!! Good Luck!!
2007-11-25 08:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would start by asking what is in their interest, then take them to Barnes & Noble, they have a section for kids and teenagers where they can browse what's out there.
Remember to go with the flow, if the child has no interest on something forced upon to them, chances are that you will waste your money. Ask your kids first. Go to a modern bookstore that will motivate their interest. Take a field trip to an antique library like the Boston Public Library or even the library at Harvard University.
2007-11-25 08:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by LaBella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find high interest low ability books. Chose books that are at or below their current reading level, you don't want them frustrated while you are trying enjoy the process. Model reading for them, show them how much you love it.
2007-11-25 09:51:34 · answer #7 · answered by I play the game 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find books that are good, exciting, that really catch their atttention... i'm not so fond of reading myself, but i will read all night if it's a good book... if they are girls, good books are the series The Uglies (the books are The Uglies, the Pretties, and the Specials) an other good series is The Clique, and another is Private
2007-11-25 08:24:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take them to the Library and let them pick out books on their favorite topics.
2007-11-25 08:22:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents read to us, we all read to our kids, they read to their kids, so forth an so on. if your kids see you reading then they will too. if you watch the tv a lot they will also, Get the picture, Buy books not games, Books Books Books.... tee hee.
2007-11-25 08:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by boopbaddabing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋