Literacy

37 Ways to Help Kids Learn to Love Reading

March 26, 2015

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These are powerful words, and they speak to the power of reading to open doors to empathy, adventure, and learning. A love of reading doesn't happen automatically though. It needs to be nurtured and guided until it flourishes into a well-read, well-rounded human being.

That's why we put together a presentation of some of our favorite ways to help kids learn to love reading, gathered from the contributions of Edutopia's educators and parents.

As we compiled this presentation, we noticed four major themes:

Choice: Children are more likely to read when their interests are taken into account and they have control of how and what to read.

Availability: Opportunities to read should be plentiful and books (and other reading material) available in all the places children visit.

Safety & Support: Safe, comfortable reading spaces encourage visitors. As do confidence in being able to find the right book and having a reading buddy to read to.

Creativity: Reading a book doesn't have to be where the story ends. Kids can have fun creatively expressing what they've read, and they don't have to know that they're also demonstrating their comprehension. :)

You'll find all the tips in the presentation below:

This piece was originally submitted to our community forums by a reader. Due to audience interest, we’ve preserved it. The opinions expressed here are the writer’s own.

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