All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits
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For my elder one, he will read anything that comes his way. I’m happy to feed junk food with the quality food. i want him to read, a lot. I won’t buy any of the titles because he will only touch once.
So far he has only rejected magic schoolbus books. Not sure why. -
When my son was little, he (and I) loved the boynton books. Our habit was to read together every night, and often through the day as well. Even now that he’s in p1, he still loves to be read to, and a do a mix of old favorites (even old simple board books we read when he was a tot) to longer books that we complete over weeks. He inhales books, so I ban him from reading the books I want to read to him to retain some suspense. Our current book is ‘A tale dark and Grimm’, which is a reworking of the Grimm fairy tales in a dark but not too scary way.
Other books he’s liked are Neil gaiman’s odd and the frost giants and coraline, the Percy Jackson series, books by Alexander macall smith (yes he writes children’s books!), horrid histories and horrid science books (the gorier the better), roald Dahl, George’s secret key to the universe by Steven Hawking…
He borrows alot from various libraries, but I also buy books that I’d like him to read - I’m drawn to books with lovely writing and language and lively illustrations.
He also does alot of non-fiction. He likes math, universe, science and how to type books. I stock his shelves with art and architecture books too. He doesn’t seem as keen in these yet, but you never know when he’ll pick them and be fascinated.
He likes Geronimo Stilton too but I will only let him borrow not buy coz he finishes them in under 20 min. -
my p1 boy only reads comics eg young scientist and bks of movie characters (fightg type). how to interest
him to read a proper novel? he doesnt evn read beast quest, geronimo stilton or roald dahl. is it i must read WITH him?
wat r some interestg bks to start wf? he like monkey king, ninjago, star war, lightning mcqueen -
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Just to share..my p1 boy only reads comics eg young scientist and bks of movie characters (fightg type). how to interest
him to read a proper novel? he doesnt evn read beast quest, geronimo stilton or roald dahl. is it i must read WITH him?
wat r some interestg bks to start wf? he like monkey king, ninjago, star war, lightning mcqueen
My K2 boy is slower partly cos we were v tied up with work and put a lot of emphasis on his elder pri sch going brother.
Last year, I realised he was very weak in reading. I sent him to ICR. He knows the single sound but cant blend and I m not good at blending too..somehow, i cant get the tactics right. ICR does help him in 1 way or another n he enjoys the class.
I started to read books together with him. Initially, he just flipped the pages..then I thot of some ideas like we played scissors paper stone, whoever win/lose, have to read a page etc....then, I borrowed or bought him books that he liked eg..when he was very interested in Dino, I read books on Dino with him. When he liked Transformers, I did the same thing with him. On top of that, when he watched certain cartoon like Paddington Bears on TV, I will borrow PB books for him to read. When his school is bringg him to watch \"the cat in the hat\", I oso borrow books on that. Also let him tried Magic Tree House, he cant read that yet..too many words, I have to read to him.
He shows improvement in his reading altho' not very good. But I felt it is alri a big acheivement.
I am working on his preparation for Pri 1 now...hopefully, he can watch up.. -
Hi I have 2 girls aged 6 and 7. When they were very young I will read to them before bed. Now both of them are able to read simple books on their own, though DD1 is better in it. I rarely read to them before bed now as I am too tired (now that I do not have a maid). I always tell them that I can read to them in the daytime but they would rather play.
My ‘problem’ is that they do not like to read on their own. We go to the library pretty often and they will select the books they want but in the end I will be the one reading to them. Throughout the day, they will play together but have never once, taken a book on their own and read it! I have bought books with subject matters that they like, eg. Princess stories, Barbie stories, etc but to no avail. DD1 likes Winx Club and wanted the comic version and so I bought them. She do read them but ever so slowly. She takes ages to finish one book (she only reads them during School’s reading time before assembly, not at home).
I know reading will help them in the English subject but I do not know how to ignite their interest in reading. Help! -
i tried this way before…
u will look for books with beautiful pctures… show it to them, every page, go thru every detail of the pictures but dun mention about the story yet… next, get them to tell u what they think the story is, and make them think…
when u read to them, ask them to look at the words using their fingers to go thru as u read… since u hv 2 dd, u can ask them to compete, and see whose story is the closest to the actual one and give rewards accordingly? -
Your kids are at a right age to start independent reading, but they are probably more enticed by play than reading. As such, set aside reading time for them. Before reading time, use the same book and start reading to them the initial part. Then let each one continue reading their books during the reading time. You can play games by having them tell stories of what they have read, so that it will motivate them to want to read to "show off" that they know the story.
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try funny books.it make them to more interest. i didn’t read a lot to my dd.now she can read everyday before sleep.i just to remind her.
i prefer the following books
dr.seuss’s books
berenstain bears - i can read
she started one line in a page.then slowly i increase the level.cannot jump.i patiently waiting for her to pick up more higher level books.now i make sure she read every day.
my dd is 6 yrs old. -
There's a mass reading event for parents (particularly dads) and kids at the National Library this Sunday:
http://kidlander.sg/events/watch/discover-the-joy-of-reading/
It's not an instructional event, but I feel having the child witness parents engaging in an active reading environment might instill some ideas for them to pick up the habit too
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Thank you everyone for all your valuable input. My main concern about setting a fixed time for reading is that I do not want them to do it reluctantly and therefore in the end it becomes a ‘forced’/pressured effort.
I know of kids who just LOVE reading and I wonder if it is an innate quality? Some kids just have it and some don’t? Back when I was young, I do not read that much either. I will not say that I ‘LOVE’ books too. Maybe because of that, I also do not pass on any love of reading to my kids! My neighbour loves to read when she was younger and still do and so her kids are the same.
I was packing the kids’ books and even though I took most of it away, they do not even complain! The books just lie there on the shelf without being touched for ages! I guess deep down I am kinda disappointed that they do not like to read. Maybe it’s my own expectation that I need to adjust
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