How to Help Struggling and Reluctant Readers
Article from: My Family UK
Sometimes the support and encouragement your child needs to enjoy reading calls for a little creativity, especially if they show a lack of interest.
Reading
Reading, whether it is by the child or the parent, should not be confined to school, homework and bedtime. Encouraging reading in the morning stimulates the mind into activity, preparing children for school, while reading on days out can supply a sense of achievement and pride, which will make any trip run more smoothly.
Breakfast
By encouraging children to read cereal boxes over breakfast, or the ingredients and witticisms on smoothie bottles, reading can develop into an enjoyable and necessary activity.
Weekends
A great way to keep your child reading through the holidays or at weekends is to encourage the reading of your surroundings: from sport scoreboards and the bus timetable on the way home, to adverts and signposts that you might encounter. In this way, you establish the sense that reading is essential to life, travel, and also to being entertained.
What to read together?
Choosing appropriate reading material is vital. Do not be scared of reading comics or magazines with your child if this is what engages them: by being interested in the subject matter, children will be motivated to find out more.
Modern children are surrounded by technology: computers, computer games, televisions: things which reduce the need to read to a minimum. Instead of fighting this,