How to Encourage Reading in School Age and Older Children

Having textbooks and a list of academic readingquestions should be stated in a way that the
requirements can take the fun out of reading forchildren won't be hesitant to give their answers.
many school age children. For them, reading is notThe questions could be about the actions of the
fun anymore. Parents who want to instill the lovecharacters in the story or what the child feels
for reading on their children may be alarmed atafter reading the story. When they feel no
this turn of events.pressure in giving the right answer, children will
The simplest solution is to be involved with theanswer freely.
children's homework the moment they start goingHaving different kinds of reading material in the
to school. The can make it a point to know abouthouse will also help. Newspapers, magazines,
the books they bring from school and go throughessays, fiction, biographies, and other books
it together. By supervising children's homework,should be in place that is accessible to children if
parents will easily notice if there is a problem andthey want to read them. If they gravitate
often what is causing it.towards comics, let them read those. Don't force
Stuttering when reading aloud, reading verythem to read the classics if they want Twilight.
slowly, and a low level of reading comprehensionWhen they get older, they will look for meatier
could be reasons why they don't like readingand more substantial stuff on their own.
anymore. If these won't get nipped in the bud,Most important of all is that children learn from
they could lead to more school issues later on.example. Parents should be avid readers
When reading with their children, parents can askthemselves. This is in fact the easiest way to
questions about what they just read in order toshow to children that one can and should read for
improve on reading comprehension. However, thepleasure.