Maintaining Good Reading Habits

by Donna Wine

Parents can make good reading habits easy for children. Here are some suggestions for maintaining reading and book-sharing practices in your home:

Make weekly visits to the library.
Keep plenty of reading materials around the house: newspapers, magazines, catalogues, books, etc.
Use TV selectively and limit computer and video game use.
Subscribe to children's magazines.
Use extra reading time as a reward for your child.
Read and share books together.
Pack books and other reading materials when going on trips.
Encourage reading related activities such as museum visits, completing word games and puzzles, finding words or letters in signs, etc.
Register for special reading events at the library such as the summer reading program.