<![CDATA[Cultivating the love for Reading]]>If we’re going to encourage kids to read we need to do it too. Read for pleasure, information, instructions, connecting with others, and so on. Read. Read a little more than you’ve been reading lately.

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PappyG\" post_id=\"2003743\" time=\"1606264067\" user_id=\"189496:

I can't get my son to read. He hates books.
How old is he? And you trying to get him to actually read? Or are you reading to him? Does he get to choose the books or interact with you and the book? If he's very young, he may have difficulty sitting through a whole story, and making the experience more about interacting and spending time together is the key to helping him enjoy it. If he's older, he may need to be allowed to choose the book and interact with it in his preferred way.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2003744https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2003744Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:39:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:27:47 GMT]]>My son hates reading. I'm afraid he'll grow up completely illiterate. This is sad because I understand that books are the most developing interactive experience. I raised my daughter and instilled in her a love of books from childhood. Thanks to my care, she grew up a smart girl. Now she writes colorful reviews on the https://www.writingjudge.com/ website. I am sure that her reviews are so informative only because of the books she read as a child.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2003743https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2003743Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:27:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:36:31 GMT]]>engage in eye-opening activities that helps the mind explore new directions in life

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1959924https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1959924Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:36:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:02:05 GMT]]>I think the best way to inculcate reading interest in children is to let them read what they love. Too often parent sort after "popular" recommended books for their child, rather than focusing on their interest which best allows them to sustain their reading habit.

Best recommendation would be to bring the child to a library and see which types of books the child is glued towards and work from there.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1958159https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1958159Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:02:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:38:58 GMT]]>I am a first-time mom and my child is now 6 months old. When I was still pregnant, I am reading my son’s various children’s storybooks and I can feel he is kicking if he likes what I am reading. I continue the said hobby until now and I have noticed that he stops crying whenever I read a storybook. I would like to check from parents here if reading stories at a very young age could help a child develop his love for reading when he gets older?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953872https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953872Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:38:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:58:06 GMT]]>

jliu76746\" post_id=\"1948996\" time=\"1574653619\" user_id=\"165773:

We bought these big books that have colorful illustrations for our kids and before they get to bed, we are doing loud and action reading. I never finish the story so that my kids will be more interested in what will happen next to the story.
Where did you buy these big books from? And any recommendations on publishers/titles? Thanks!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953642https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953642Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:58:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:21:11 GMT]]>It will give me immense pleasure in sharing my experience with you on how to make child read faster. I will provide some tips which will help you to achieve this.

Every parent has this concern at some point or other that their child should be able to read faster so that can face the competition outside. In school students are bombarded with textbooks to read, take notes and huge information to remember and recall. And it’s sometimes too stressful for both parents and child.
Reading is a skill which once acquired by a child will help in his further learning, its similar to learn how to ride a bicycle. Once got that skill child can ride anytime anywhere and will stay with him for rest of his life.
Every skill requires some techniques so it’s all about getting familiar with those techniques.
As a parent how we can help our child to learn fast or help to develop those techniques faster?
Below are some of the tips on how to make child read faster:

Tip#1: Use fingers while reading
If we talk on this deeply then it’s all brain game. Whenever we see any word it’s the eyes who plays the first part and eyes are connected to our brain via optic nerve, information is passed from eyes to brain and then gets processed, from there we recognize that word.
Further the eye has a wide peripheral vision that allows it to capture information within 170 degrees. This means that instead of looking at one word, you can actually see up to 4 words in a single glance. Therefore, if you want to read faster what you got to do is to try to get your eyes to move across the words in double quick time. The most useful way for you to do this is to use your fingers to glide along the words as you read the text.
When you are gliding your fingers along the page try to sync your eyes with the finger movement and visualize the words that you are reading.
So, as a parent we can cultivate this habit in our child to use fingers while reading. Initially will be difficult but slowly and gradually it can do wonders.
The earlier we get our child started in this simple habit the longer the benefit that we and our child will get.


Tip#2 Try to read the stuff which is of interest to develop the reading habit
Another thing we can make our child read something which he/she is interested in , like for example my kid like to know more about cars and balls so I always try with the reading materials which has some interesting pictures of cars and balls and encourage him to read more about that and even faster. In this way he will try to pick fast and his reading capacity will increase. Even when we as a parent try to read in front of our kids , should do it in a way that reading is very interesting activity , we are enjoying like the way we used to make our kids eat the things which they always refuse to have. We try to eat in front of them and make them realize that food is yummy… similarly we have to encourage our child and never we should make our child realize that he/she is not doing well. At least they are trying with their best energy!

Tip#3 Try to monitor how much time it took to read and repeat
Try to monitor how much time one’s child is taking in reading a sentence, and then try to make him read again and then again check the time taken. Try to repeat for couple of times and check if the time is reducing every time. This will surely help in tracking how your child reading speed is improving.

Tip#4 Try to stick the difficult word or phrase on walls.
Kids having problem with any difficult word or phrases then should read that more frequently .If your child faces problem in reading any particular word or phrase then can stuck that word or phrase in his room’s wall so that whenever child sees that , will try to read.

Tip#5 Try to read with full concentration
One of the most important things to develop good reading habit is to have full concentration. So, try to make your kid read where there is no noise and disturbance so that their brain can fully concentrate on the reading material. Try to switch off the mobile phone when you are sitting with your child and making him read.

Tip#6 Try to teach the letter sound not the letter name
When a kid just starts reading at around 2-3 years of age then we should always start with letter sound rather than letter name. Example, letter A should be read with its sound rather than its name.

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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1940829https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1940829Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:21:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Thu, 30 May 2019 09:01:16 GMT]]>Hi there! I work as a freelance writer at https://monstratext.com/ and Russian language teacher. I have 5 years old kid that is in love with Literature. To make it happen, i have been reading books aloud for her starting from 2 years.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1912754https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1912754Thu, 30 May 2019 09:01:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Tue, 28 May 2019 02:07:42 GMT]]>

kiasimom\" post_id=\"1911701\" time=\"1558628595\" user_id=\"13313:

I read the storybooks with my son. It has also become a bonding time for us. I also bring him to the library to introduce him to the world of books. It is important to read together with the child as it has been proven that the child can read better when the parent reads with him.
Agree! Reading with your child has a huge impact as he grows up learning things. We just have to be there as he learns so we can guide them properly.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1912400https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1912400Tue, 28 May 2019 02:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Thu, 23 May 2019 16:23:15 GMT]]>I read the storybooks with my son. It has also become a bonding time for us. I also bring him to the library to introduce him to the world of books. It is important to read together with the child as it has been proven that the child can read better when the parent reads with him.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1911701https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1911701Thu, 23 May 2019 16:23:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Fri, 10 May 2019 03:23:27 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1909664https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1909664Fri, 10 May 2019 03:23:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:11:13 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1907763https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1907763Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:11:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:10:54 GMT]]>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. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1906729https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1906729Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:10:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:04:18 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1906420https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1906420Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:04:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:43:38 GMT]]>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.

CerlynR\" post_id=\"1905135\" time=\"1554434912\" user_id=\"165806:
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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1905212https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1905212Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:43:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Fri, 05 Apr 2019 03:28:32 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1905135https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1905135Fri, 05 Apr 2019 03:28:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:57:31 GMT]]>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!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1902426https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1902426Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:57:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Fri, 01 Feb 2019 04:23:12 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1897210https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1897210Fri, 01 Feb 2019 04:23:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cultivating the love for Reading on Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:00:18 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1897186https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1897186Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:00:18 GMT