In today’s device-driven culture, there are smart ways to help our children want to read, even crave reading.
STACK EM UP: Keep books in the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and cars. The more books that are available, the more likely it is that someone will read them.
Cool Way to Cut Illiteracy
A Dubuque, Iowa, barber is interested in cutting two things: hair, and childhood illiteracy.
KID’S CHOICE: Let kids CHOOSE the books that excite them. Graphic novels and picture books are fine gateways to the classics. The important thing is to get them reading.
Reading is the Secret to Lifelong Health
Sociologists began recognizing and reporting on this trend more than 20 years ago.
A LIBRARY ADVENTURE: Get a library card and take the family there regularly. The adventure of finding new books is thrilling to children. Foster it.
Reading to a Young Reader
We all know the statistics. If you don’t read to your kids every night for at least 20 minutes, you are dooming them to a lifetime of intellectual mediocrity.
