Studies show that a strong reading skill makes success easier for children and adults to attain. However, raising a strong reader is difficult if your kid doesn’t first enjoy the act of reading. Thus, your goal shouldn’t be to force your kid to improve their ability to read; instead, it should be to make reading a fun and enjoyable activity that they naturally want to develop. To that end, here are a few ways to make reading fun for your little one:
Read for Pleasure
Monkey see; monkey do. The age-old belief that kids learn by copying their parents has been found to be true. Study after study shows that imitation has a lasting impact on how children behave, so the earlier you start modeling positive behaviors, the more your kids will benefit from these behaviors. This is all to say that if you aren’t reading for pleasure, your kid won’t see reading as a common or important habit, and they won’t try to improve their reading skill for the fun of it. Thus, you should try to make reading an integral part of your schedule if it isn’t already. [Read more…]
