How to Promote Literacy

Nowadays, many children would rather watch television or play video games than read a book. Yet reading is an essential part of life and school. Here are some easy ways to encourage children to read.

Things You'll Need

• Books

Instructions

1. Find books on the subjects that the child is interested in. For example, if little Bobby loves baseball, find him interesting books, written at his reading level, on the history of baseball. Try a biography about Babe Ruth. This way your child will begin to relate books to the things that he likes.

2. Let your child read comics, graphic novels, or magazines. Reading is not always about literary novels. Just getting a child to read is a good start. The content may not be complex or profound but, for a child, fun is more important.

3. Keep around a lot of various types of books, proclaiming every imaginable subject. Make them accessible so that it is easy for your child to pick one up any time.

4. Read to the child always. Read when she is taking a bath or before bed. Start reading to her when she is as young as possible; get her in the swing of enjoying a good narrative.

5. Let your child see you read. Kids like to emulate adults. If you show that you love to read, then your child will think that he is a grown up when he reads.

6. As your child grows, stay in tune with who she is and who she is becoming. You want to continue picking out books that are fun, enjoyable, and appropriate for her.