Read poetry, sing songs, or read the same book over and over. They will be able to recite that book before you can. You are building language skills, patterns, rhythm, and wonderful brain stimulation. We also practice letters, numbers, and spelling with shaving cream on the walls in the tub. Bathrooms are wonderful teaching environments. Create special reading places in your home where only reading can happen. We had a wonderful pre-k teacher who brought in a plastic swimming pool to classroom and filled it with books.

They will begin telling stories about you from their memories. At least you can correct their erroneous recounts! Becoming a reading family may take some persistence, but the rewards are “priceless”!

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They spent their time brainstorming how one could revive it, but their own businesses demanded a lot of their time and it was not until much later that they were able to come up with a plan of action and implement it. Initially they had thought of establishing a book-sharing platform but since that wasn’t logistically possible, they decided to create a book rental service. They realised people were not reluctant to read, but access to books was a problem. The most common complaint was that books were too expensive to purchase, especially the newest ones. So they decided to structure their product in a way that would address both the issues of affordability and interest.

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The nightly routine can be something as simple as: “If you want to have time to read, you must have your pajamas on and teeth brushed by 7:30pm.” If they are delayed in getting ready for bed, cut short the time of reading The time they spend with you is more precious to them than words can describe. If they lose some of that time, they will prioritize their time allocations to avoid missing any of their reading time! This sets up their frame of mind to make reading a high priority! In their mind, reading is correlated to happy memories. As the children get a little older and begin to read on their own, sit together with the children while they read aloud or read a favorite selection to them for part of the time. When they are reading to themselves, read one of your books. Show them that reading is something you do as well for enjoyment. Sharing time together, reading a story together and showing them that reading is a quiet activity that is filled with rewards will impart the love of reading Reading with your children is definitely quality family time. Build that bond even stronger and enjoy your children reading

1. Reading Wall – Cut out 4″” by 4″” squares of colored construction paper. When your children have each read a short book or a chapter from a longer book, depending on their age, they get to fill out one of the squares and tape it on the wall. This should be a big, bare wall in your home that can hold lots of these colorful squares. It looks pretty cool when it’s done, and the kids have a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. If that’s not satisfaction enough, then you can offer a prize when the wall is filled; perhaps a boxed set of their favorite book series or membership to a book of the month club for each.

2. Read In – Some evenings are meant for a “”read in.”" The kids get into their pjs, grab their favorite book, and jump onto the biggest bed. This works best when everyone is involved, including Mom and/or Dad. Some kids like to hang off the end of the bed and read upside down and some like to read using your stomach as a pillow. By the way, the floor is quicksand.

3. Changing Places – Everyone finds a place to read and they can’t be in the same spot as someone else. After about 10-15 minutes, you yell “”change!”" and the kids find a different place to read. Kids love to find the most unusual places that become their favorite places to read, even when not playing this game. I’ve seen kids in the bathtub with a sleeping bag, in a closet with a big flashlight, and curled up on the dog’s bed. One favorite spot is on a pillow behind the couch.

4. Quotes and Pictures – Ask your child to read a book of their choice and tell you at the end what their favorite sentence or quote was and why. Which picture was their favorite? If there were no pictures, ask them to describe a scene they pictured in their mind.

5. Library Twirl – Go to the library and head for a section in the juvenile area that they wouldn’t normally go to, perhaps non-fiction. Twirl them around with their eyes closed and have them grab 10 books from different shelves. Then with eyes open, they can look through the books and take home the ones they find interesting.

6. Mystery Quote – Go to your children’s bookshelves at home and pull out some books when they’re not watching. Read one or two really great sentences from each book and have them guess which book they came from. This helps them to remember the books they’ve really enjoyed in the past and perhaps would like to read again. It also helps them appreciate a well-written phrase.

7. Book Review Blog – The kids can start a book review blog online. There are several sites where you can set up a free blog for them very easily. Of course, you want to set up restrictions about using a nickname for the sake of privacy and having you pre-approve all posts. Each book reviewed can follow a formula like: skill level, # of pages and # of chapters (some kids really care about that), quote the opening few lines, a 3 sentence summary of the book, what they liked about the book, and what they didn’t. They can even give the book a star rating.

Some kids lean towards reading naturally, and others can use a fun nudge in the right direction. Perhaps with these ideas your kids may find reading interesting, inspiring, and magical. Who knows, maybe they’ll even learn to love the smell of a good bookstore.