Getting children to read

Sorry Squiffy if only I was on commission! Just remembered this because iit is his favourite just now and he brought it to my house on his last visit. I do think books should be fun.

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Both my DSs were good and keen readers. I always read to them at bed time and they continued once they had their own preferences. DS2 read the whole of The Lord of the Rings trilogy when he was 7 and thereafter read mostly cricket magazines. There's a message there. If there is something that absorbs their interest, give them a subscription to an appropriate publication. Do consult their parents first.

Despite nagging our GC refused to practise reading I bought them a couple of joke books and they had a ball telling all the jokes .

Technology and finding reading hard. The two major reasons children don't like reading. My daughter loved reading while she was little. Once she had to read herself she didn't want to. Dyslexia. My dad and brother also have it. She reads now, as an adult tho.

Grandson of 2 adores books and insists on reading sessions at least three times a day. If that changes when he's learning to read, at least I'll know why this time!

Most of my working life I was involved with encouraging uninterested children to read.
The most succussful method was 'paired reading'.
This is done with the child and a family member - parent or or older sibling.
You need to let the child help to choose a book suitable for their age and ability.
Then the pair sit togather and take turns to read from the book. If the child gets stuck on a word the other person takes over - no tiresome trying to work out what that word is. So you get the flow of the story and that starts to get the child to enjoy books.