Create a Culture of Reading at Home
Promote a culture of reading in your homes. Reading cannot only be a school activity. Students need to read for fun, not only as a school requirement. You do not understand how many of my students see reading as a chore or punishment. Ensure your children see reading as fun escapes into different lands and experiences.
What Can You Do?
1. Speak to Your Children’s Teachers
Schools administer several reading assessments a year, so they can easily tell you know your children’s reading levels. You cannot actually help your child improve their reading skills if you do not know where to start.
2. Speak to Your Children
Speak to your children to find out more about their interests and the types of books that they might want to read. If you want to promote reading as a recreational activity, you must ensure that you are providing your children with the types of books that they would like to read.
3. Explore the Library
Starting with books about content that interests your children is great, but reading is also about exploring new ideas, worlds, and experiences. Take trips to the library so that you and your children can explore. They could simply go to their favorite section or they could branch off. I remember reading every single Nancy Drew book in my local children’s library before finding my true love science fiction/fantasy.
4. Share Your Interests
Share some of your favorite books or genre growing up with your children. This may help to build an even stronger relationship with them through shared interests.
5. Sit and Read Together
Reading together is a good bonding activity. You can read to your children if they are beginning readers. Have them read to you to practice fluency, accuracy, rate, and expression. Read the same books, but separately then spend time analyzing the book as though you are in your own intimate book club. And finally, simply sit and read together. You can all have your own books, but you are simply reading together and enjoying each other’s silent company.
Use these 5 tips to help improve your children’s reading skills at home and promote a culture of reading.
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