Help your Child to Develop a Reading Habit

• Attend book fares
Take your child along with you to book fares in your city. Let your child select a few books and see what type of interest he or she has. Show and let your child enjoy the excitement about purchasing new books.

• Buy bookshelves for your children
A bookshelf is very useful to organize books. Buy book shelves for your children and teach them how to arrange and keep their favorite books.

• Read Yourself
If you want your child to develop reading habit, let your child see you read. Kids copy what their parents do. You can also cultivate your child’s interest in reading by sharing the information from your own reading.

• Let your child read to you
Allow pre-readers to “tell the story” from pictures. Have your child retell favorite stories.

• Give books as presents
Books are the best gifts, which can foster your child’s interest and love of reading.

• Visit library
Make library visits a family routine. Get your child a library card and make him or her join book clubs.

• Teach your child about Famous Writers
Tell your child the stories of some famous writers, how they got started onwriting and how they wrote a famous book.

• Tie movies or television into the books
A lot of famous movies are based on famous books. And popular books are often turned into movies.

Teach your child that reading is not spontaneous or short term hobby. It is a life long pursuit and it helps you child build vocabulary, strengthen imagination and educate your child too. Help your children develop good reading habits will benefit them for life.

By making reading fun, and keeping your child’s reading experiences positive, you can nurture a child to grow into a reader who views reading as an enjoyable part of life. However, reading the wrong kind of books, can have an adverse impact on the impressionable minds of the young. Guided reading is very important, especially, for young kids. Please refer to the recommended Reading List by Grade.

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