Get Your Kids Reading

“It’s early evening, and at first, there is quiet in the living room. Then nine-year-old Georgia giggles from where she sprawls under the window on the couch. She has reached a funny part of her novel. Kevin, 14, recites aloud an interesting fact from the website he is perusing at the small computer desk tucked into the corner of the room. Sophie, 12, longingly mentions an ad describing a horse for sale in her magazine and nudges her mother to look.”

Sadly enough, my son hated reading all the way through school. But the minute he graduated and could read for the sheer pleasure of it, he suddenly became an avid reader. If he doesn’t get a gift certificate from a bookstore for Christmas, my non reader as a kid, is disappointed!

It seems to me that schools have to address this issue. Perhaps, kids should be given some time to simply read for pleasure and then hopefully, picking up a school book won’t be something to be avoided at all costs.
Ways to Get Your Kids Reading