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Encouraging Kids To Read. Creative ways to encourage students to read. Positive Reinforcement. Positive reinforcement from parents and teachers helps Children need to know that adults in their lives care about reading. Book Allowance. Provide an allowance for books Encourages reading. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ENCOURAGING KIDS TO READCreative ways to encourage students to read
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Positive Reinforcement Positive reinforcement from parents and
teachers helps Children need to know that adults in
their lives care about reading
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Book Allowance Provide an allowance for books Encourages reading
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Magazines Buy from a good magazine rack Easily accessible Affordable Exercise some judgement on reading
material
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Subscriptions Subscriptions to a magazine are a good
idea Promotes the excitement of “ownership”
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Model Reading Provide a good example Children who see their parents reading,
often become readers Acceptance that reading is an everyday
activity
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Read Aloud Reading to children is one of the best
ways to encourage an interest in reading Delegate older kids to read to younger
siblings If nothing else, simply read newspaper
articles aloud
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Special Book Place Establish a special place in the child's
room for his or her books A feeling of ownership is important
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Library Make regular family visits to the library even if your child doesn't seem
interested in taking out books
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Meet The Librarian Introduce your child to the librarian Most librarians will be only too happy to
help your child find interesting material to read
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Recommend Books Provide your expertise Tell the child how difficult or easy the
books are to read let the child decide if he or she wants to
read them
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Book Abandonment Accept that a child may abandon a book
halfway through. Hasn’t that happened to you?
Some books are not worth struggling with (for you)
Some advice suggests you abandon a book after 60 pages if it doesn’t grab you
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Advertise Your Purchases Buy books for yourself and let your
children know you do it
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Reading To You If your child decides to read something
to you, be patient and let him or her read to you.
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Amazon Amazon is a great repository of books Use customer reviews and ratings to find
books your child likes Affordable
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The Internet The internet can be a great resource Help your child find the information you
need Implement parental controls for their
protection Be discerning when filtering out
inappropriate material
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Hobbies And Interests Encourage kids to have hobbies and
interests Help to develop such interests by finding
relevant reading material
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Praise Praise the child for his or her reading,
when appropriate: Long books tackled Hard books conquered
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Topics Of Interest When a topic of interest develops for
your family (like a vacation), bring home books on the topic
Share with the family
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Discussion Discuss with your child any book he or
she is reading for a class at school. Read the book yourself.
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Opportunities Spot opportunities for reading:
Ingredients on food Instructions for assembling something Cooking recipes Rules for a new game
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Display Good Books Display good books somewhere in your
home Let children know that books have an
important place in the home have a generous selection of a wide
variety of books
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Ownership Have your child put his name in his
books Ownership is important