Encourage Children to Read

50 Activies You Can Utilize as a Parent for Reading Encouragement

1. Read aloud to your child daily.
2. Be a reader model for your children.
3. Talk and listen to your children.
4. Read together.
5. Compare the book to the movie.
6. Subscribe to Children's magazines.
7. Listen to books on tape.
8. Play games.
9. Praise your child for reading.
10. Create an activity space.
11. Give books as gifts.
12. Read the newspaper together.
13. Visit and know your library
14. Create greeting cards.
15. keep a journal.
16. Read to children everyday.
17. Let your child read to you.
18. Have an assortment of writing materials.
19. Travel with books.
20. Discuss reading efforts.
21. Bring poetry to life.
22. Show and tell.
23. Cook together.
24. Plan a trip.
25. Take turns reading.
26. Read literature that plays with language.
27. Keep a family calendar.
28. Introduce your child to the newspaper.
29. Look at advertisements.
30. Browse bookstores.
31. Tell stories.
32. Keep a variety of reading materials in the house.
33. Encourage your child to practice reading aloud.
34. Establish a reading time.
35. Limit television time.
36. Have a place in the child's room for his or her books and other reading materials.
37. Use computer programs that encourage reading.
38. Have your child put his or her name in his or her books.
39. Write short notes for your child to read.
40. Encourage activities that require reading.
41. Establish a reading time.
42. Ask your child about what they are reading.
43. Encourage your child to read words on TV, signs, labels, etc.
44. Attend book and reading activities.
45. Encourage older children to read to younger children.
46. Play games that are reading-related.
47. Limit time on video games.
48. Work in partnership with your child's school.
49. Provide an allowance for books.
50. Organize a children's book club in your neighborhood.

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