How to motivate your child to read independently?

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Thu, 02 Nov 2023 05:00:17 GMT

LydiaBryanTuition — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 05:00:17 GMT

it’s always important to strike a balance between studies and playing! that way kids will feel less stressed and more interested to study hard

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:05:41 GMT

lovelaughpriya — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:05:41 GMT

https://sg.theasianparent.com/encourage-children-to-read-and-love-books#:~:text=As%20your%20children%20grow%2C%20you,them%20to%20even%20greater%20heights.&text=Introduce%20your%20children%20to%20the,library%20from%20an%20early%20age.

article might help. Would like to add that giving your kid colorful books as early as 2 y/o would help too! I read for my 2y/o kid then give the book to him after haha doesnt matter if he tear it or not...can give crayons too just make sure non-toxic lah.. After few months, i changed books to coloring ones then guided him to color

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:51:24 GMT

fy2000jp2 — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:51:24 GMT

infants readily assimilate the sense of discovery and sense of excitement of the parent who is reading the books to them

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:28:26 GMT

ChiefKiasu — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:28:26 GMT

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Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:18:48 GMT

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Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:28:44 GMT

Vitamin M — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:28:44 GMT

start with easy books? so that they feel sense of accomplishment when they finish reading one after another

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:36:32 GMT

mrsho — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:36:32 GMT

We used to face a similar conundrum too with my 2 kids. Most of the responses I’m seeing here was kind of what we as parents had to change and do - actually read and have the children model after.

Children are like sponges and observe everything and they will follow what they see. So more of the saying ‘Monkey see, Monkey do’ than, ‘Do as I say, not as I do’.

This change in behaviour from us parents took a bit of adjusting too but after a while/few months, my daughter started to read her books on her own while I was reading mine! Usually, she would rather watch TV, but seeing that I was nose deep in a novel, she decided not to have the TV blaring and distracting my reading and instead joined in the quiet session. It was our little bonding time.

Modelling worked a lot better for my more introverted daughter. My rambunctious boy took a few more tries/months and additional effort that ultimately benefited the whole family. He’s the sort that would rather run laps around the house than cuddle up with a book for reading’s sake.

What’s a parent to do to have their child interested in reading? Engagement.

My husband and I started asking about the books that they were reading and took a genuine interest in their reads even though we’ve already known the stories ourselves. The way they lit up when they shared their opinions about the book, the characters they liked and disliked, how the plot twists were expected or not etc - hearing their responses during these dinner time discussions were so fulfilling to both parents and children. An hour before bed, we usually have a quiet session to settle down with a book and the kids would be so eager to know what happens next or if their guesses of the plot were right.

When and how they read is also important. If it’s framed as a ‘read this and you’ll be tested later’, I doubt it will foster much positive association with reading. Reading for relaxation and fun was how we started, and once the habit stuck, reading became quite natural for them.

Cultivating the habit collectively as a family from young will usually result in more long term consistent results.

This took us months of consistency to eventually get to where we are now, and we have no regrets. Independent reading is now a ‘thing’ in our household.

Happy reading and I hope this helps!

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:30:12 GMT

Zeal mummy — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:30:12 GMT

Let them see you reading! Role modelling.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:17:18 GMT

Teacherfelina — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:17:18 GMT

Hi! National Library Sg came up with the idea of book bug cards collection. My nephew age 9, nieces age 6 and 7 are all crazy about collecting the cards. In the process, they grew interest in reading and would even propose which selection of books I should borrow for them.

When the kids were younger, we enjoyed role playing games and creating our own stories too!
Hope this helps!

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:43:08 GMT

ResilienceLC — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:43:08 GMT

Dear PlayfulFairy,

Cont…

Thus, for your daughter, I would recommend the following 2 approaches based on what you have mentioned:

1. You can go along with your daughter’s interest in role playing. You can try reading with her, such having both of you read alternate pages. Then stop at appropriate junctures to role play. For example, if the story touches on honesty, role play with and talk to your daughter about it. Use scenarios in the story and/or create your own. Have her talk about what she would do in different situations. This improves critical thinking skills. When your daughter enjoys such critical thinking sessions after the role play sessions, it will sustain her interest in reading now. Since before she can engage in critical thinking with you through role play (which is her intrinsic interest), she now wants to read. So, we use her initial, innate interest in role-playing to develop a related interest (which in this case, is reading).

2. Bring her to a book shop (preferably a large one with extensive book titles) and let your daughter explore all the books in the book store. Observe the genre that she likes, as well as the book titles. Then allow your daughter to start reading from these book titles. Your daughter would most probably develop her interest in reading over time, since now she is reading what she really wants to read. Some children might flock to comic books. Should your daughter choose to read these, it’s up to your discretion if it’s fine. Some parents have concerns about their children reading comic books, which are valid since text in comics are often informal, in sentence format and conversational. This does not allow children to learn about paragraphing and hence, story development for essay writing.

I hope that my suggestions to you above are useful.

Yours Sincerely,
Patirck

Resilience LC

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:41:59 GMT

ResilienceLC — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:41:59 GMT

Dear PlayfulFairy,

Some children are intrinsically motivated to read.

However, some are not.

I have noted some characteristics of children who love to read on their own:

- They are often introverted

- They often have a rich imagination and hence, possess a rich and colourful inner world

- They have a way with words and love writing out their thoughts

For children who are not motivated to read, I would not recommend implementing an extrinsic reward system as it tends to only work in the short run (as you have personally experienced) and more significantly, they are reading because of the reward and not because of the pleasure that is derived from the act of reading -and the critical thinking involved.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:06:04 GMT

Zeal mummy — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:06:04 GMT

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The best is - Motivate by own example: if a child sees a parent in front of the TV, and not with a book, then he is unlikely to love reading.
Also:
Read together (regardless of age). Reading together is a very good tradition, even if the child is already older and reads himself. This strengthens the bond between parent and child. Read while the child is interested in it. You can read in turn: one chapter - an adult, another - a child.
You need to know your child: understand which books (for boys / for girls) and at what age may be of interest to him: fantasy, adventure, prose for children, fairy tales, educational literature
Do not scold the child for his choice of a book, on the contrary, encourage when the child chooses a book to read by himself.
Read a book, then watch a movie based on the book and discuss what was different in the movie than in the book.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Sun, 05 Apr 2020 08:37:42 GMT

EarthQuek — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 08:37:42 GMT

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Introducing books as early as toddler years helps a lot. My eldest is growing up with the love of books. I'm happy I introduced books to him since he was 2 years old.

Wonderful parent :please:
Your child will certainly be grateful when he/she starts winning story telling or compo writing competitions :rahrah: :rahrah:

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:03:01 GMT

KatherineWomack — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:03:01 GMT

My younger brother started to do it when the story mother has read to him was interested for him))

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:38:53 GMT

foodandflights — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:38:53 GMT

get them to complete a certain number of pages or a specific topic of content in a day or in a week

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:52:37 GMT

mrang — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:52:37 GMT

find a book that your child is interested in. once he has the momentum, u can introduce more books

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:14:04 GMT

peasants — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:14:04 GMT

Most hard is to get started. My elder one starts with Sam and Anna book series that comes with a word recognition pen. Then the set passed down to younger one. From there curiosity would get them read here and there before settling down with Percy Jackson.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:49:56 GMT

ThinkEnglish — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:49:56 GMT

Make reading a fun activity. Read with different characters’ voices and not in a monotone. Be aware of your child’s level of understanding and adapt the text so that your child can easily grasp the meaning. Do not read word for word. Sometimes our kids may want to flip from back to front, or start in the middle of the book. This is okay. Do not discourage them as they are flipping through the book because they are interested in the story! When they learn from young that reading is fun, they are much more likely to love reading when they are older.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:50:09 GMT

rainbow_icecream — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:50:09 GMT

Read stories to them nightly and bring them to the libraries. My 2nd child who couldn’t sit still when younger loves reading stories now too.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:47:24 GMT

MatthewKwan94 — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:47:24 GMT

I think its possible to build interest in reading books by making it a relaxation activity as opposed to an obligation.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:15:27 GMT

yapcf09 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:15:27 GMT

If the storybook is interesting and not many difficult vocabulary for both Chinese and English, will be more motivating for kids to read. Best is bring them to library and stay there for one to two hours

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:48:22 GMT

Alex75 — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:48:22 GMT

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As for me, I think it is by making it as a habit to read books for the children starting from very young age.

Personally I enjoy reading as both of my parents love reading. I think that parents does play a vital role to encourage the child to pick up book to read.

No point forcing. Just set up a routine where all family members sit down to sit something. The child will get used to it and learns to read independently.

Agree, making reading a habit starting from a young age can give your child more motivation to read independently. The more she's exposed to books the more she will love it as she grows up. This is proven from my experience.

Reply to How to motivate your child to read independently? on Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:19:14 GMT

theraplay — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:19:14 GMT

As for me, I think it is by making it as a habit to read books for the children starting from very young age.

Personally I enjoy reading as both of my parents love reading. I think that parents does play a vital role to encourage the child to pick up book to read.

No point forcing. Just set up a routine where all family members sit down to sit something. The child will get used to it and learns to read independently.