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Reluctant Readers
A study published a while back and reported in The Teaching Times claimed that 42% of children have lost interest in reading by the age of 11.
If that’s true it’s incredibly sad. Blame is apportioned to politicians, teachers, the TV and internet, but blame doesn’t achieve anything.
Instead, as parents what can we
do to encourage our children to engage with literature? Try these great tips to engage reluctant readers.
Let them see you reading! It sounds obvious but it works. Read some funny bits from your own book aloud to them, or try an interesting newspaper article.
Try to schedule a small part of the day for reading. It doesn’t even have to be them reading. My ten-year-old son still loves me to read to him…especially when I put on accents and voices to suit the characters. Lose your inhibitions and have fun with reading and your children will follow suit.
Try a joke book or nonsense poetry books. Kids love jokes and rhymes, the sillier the better. They won’t even realise they are reading as they regale you with their new- found anecdotes and ditties.
Use the power of movies. My ten-year-old really engaged with reading when he saw the fi rst Harry Potter movie. He read the book straight afterwards and realised how much richer in detail it was compared with the fi lm. From then on he was hooked.
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