How to help children to become avid readers

It is true that students who have difficulties in reading at an early age often have problems later in their school years. But this is not because learning to read by 9 (or 19 or 90) is required to become a good reader later on. Children can make rapid progress in reading under the right conditions. It’s never too late to become a good reader.

Here are a few tips to make that happen.

1. Start by reading to your children when they are young. Reading aloud can be done from the time they’re infants.

2. Even after your kids learn to read, continue reading to them. Older children also like to be read to. It motivates them to read more on their own.

3. Make sure kids have lots of books to choose from. Take them to the public library to pick out their own books and encourage them to use the school library.

4. If they don’t like a book, put it aside and help them find another one. Sometimes it takes a while to find books that really click with children. Once you do, however, your children will be on their way to becoming better readers for life.

5. Reading is its own reward, so there’s no need to bribe your child to read. Kids with the right books will fall in love with reading. Give it time.

Work Cited

McQuillan, Jeff. “How to help your child become an avid reader.” Los Angeles Times, 16 August 2019, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-08-15/how-to-help-your-child-become-an-avid-reader. Accessed 1 March 2023.