Cultivating the love for Reading

[gevicra]

I think we should be reading to them whether or not they understand from young. Our books are beside our toys and some of them are quite toy-like because I’ve got colour change bath books, cloth books, noisy books and the standard touch and feel books, etc. I like buying novelty books that would not survive being a library books and the regular board books I just borrow and not buy. I believe in inculcating a love for books and they will want to learn to read on their own. It’s worked for me but mine are girls and at some point they all want to attempt to read to me on their own. Not sure if it’s any different for boys.

[Sportscar88]

Regardless boys or girls. Reading is very important and best cultivated from young. We are not from high income family but we don’t save on (story) books. We buy lots of them for the kids, in fact

[mitch86]

The most important thing a parent can do is be involved and reinforce what the child is learning in school. Repetition is the best way for anyone to learn and if the child is only hearing a certain topic at school, there’s a good chance that by the time they get home, they will forget what they’ve learned. Parent’s need to realize that teachers can only do so much. It takes a community to raise a child and the parent’s have to be in on the deal as well. Due to the busy nature of our lives these days, too many parent’s feel that the schools and the teachers have the sole responsibility for teaching their children. And when they fail, they place the blame on the schools. They never look at what they could have done to help out. Parent’s need to take an active interest. Go to parent/teacher conferences, talk to your child’s teacher BEFORE there’s a problem. Get progress reports. Build a report with your child’s teacher so that the teacher is assured that any points that are brought up are actually being heeded at home. And talk to your child about what they learned that day. Don’t just assume that they have learned something because they were there; ask details!

[CerlynR]

Reading a story to the children is part of our daily bedtime routine, so much that he won’t go to sleep unless he’s had a chance to read a story, even a short one. I started reading him stories when he was still 1 year old and ever since he has been fascinated by a lot of books as he grew older.

[buzzkoony]

You really set the foundation well at 1 year old and it becomes his (good) daily habit. Kudos!


Mine started more regularly at around 5 years old but it is a tussle between reading textual stories and ipad visual stories.

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Reading a story to the children is part of our daily bedtime routine, so much that he won't go to sleep unless he's had a chance to read a story, even a short one. I started reading him stories when he was still 1 year old and ever since he has been fascinated by a lot of books as he grew older.

[Elmomum]

I totally agree that reading should be cultivated since young. However, sometimes for busy working parent, it can be quite challenging to find some time for bedtime reading. Most of the time, when I reach home, I will be focusing first on his school homework, checking and teaching him on questions that he does not know. Then will be getting him ready for bed.

My questions:
1. I wonder whether any other parents also face the same guilt as I am as I do not have enough time to put in place a routine reading time with my kid?
2. Normally how long do you all spend on reading with you kids everyday.

[swortionery]

Not a parent so I can't answer both questions, but coming up with a story in 3 minutes shouldn't be too hard. Just use the following structure:


Step 0. Determine characters, setting, and problem.
Step 1. Begin with a simple introduction to the setting and characters
Step 2. Describe the problem faced by the characters
Step 3. Narrate how the characters overcame the problem, and what happened thereafter

Repeat Steps 1-3 if you want to make your story longer.

[Jerome Dumbo]

My personal recommendation: I started my kid with reading only from 3yr old. We started off with picture books to entice him. As he progress I move on to short composition stories so that he can learn to construct proper sentences… The main objective of reading together is to introduce words to him and explain the meaning of the words. When he felt bored with the composition books I introduced book (5-7yrs) that are fill with information about how/who/what/why to trigger his curiosity. Did this routine of reading one story and one book per day; his speech and sentence structure gradually improved. Cheers

[Gilian039]

I started introducing books to my kids since they were 1 year old. They may not be listening by that time but it’s good that they are already exposed to books than any gadgets.