Today I am really excited to have a guest post over at Mom’s Small Victories. Tanya, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, shares and celebrates the small ways that she finds victory in every day life. I find her posts both inspiring and encouraging. I’d encourage you to take a look at her blog!
In my post today, I share ways that families can develop a reading culture to encourage their children’s love of reading. I also give 10 practical (and fun!) activities that you can easily incorporate in your home. No educational background necessary!
Here is a snippet of the post:
“As a parent, and I am doing all that I can to share my love (ok, my obsession) with reading with my three children. I want them to be not merely adequate readers or proficient readers. I want them to be voracious readers.
My guess is that you, as a parent, would also like your child to discover the joy of reading. So, how can we do it? By making reading part of our family culture. By making reading as natural as breathing in our households.
Here are a few Reading Activities for the Whole Family that can help build your family’s reading culture….”
Click to read the entire post.
How do you encourage your children to read?
Thanks for sharing your reading ideas with us at Mom’s Small Victories. My 3 boys are bookworms too, we just need to get daddy reading more often. 🙂
Thank you for the opportunity, Tanya!
Great tips! Developing readers is such an important gift to give our children. Great list of activities!
Thanks, Kristen! Thinking about reading as a gift is important. There are so many children around the world who aren’t able to get an education. We need to remind our children (and ourselves) about the gift of education that we have been given. Then, we need to use that gift to help others.
Love your ideas…thanks!
We encourage our kids to read by going on “book shopping sprees.” Since we are on a budget, we do this at thrift stores. On days when books are 50% off we go and let the kids go crazy. We get veto power (some books just aren’t appropriate) but they can walk out with 20+ books for under $10. They love it and we love that they love to read so much!
~Karina
What a great idea! I’m going to have to use this…. 🙂