26 Ways To Get Your Child Hooked on Books

[Tuly]

I loved this list by author Paul Borgese - Here is his website http://paulborgese.com/home.html

1. Develop reading readiness by reading to your baby.

2. Introduce your baby to the world through books.

3. Give your child a book box.

4. Allow your child to take part in choosing books.

5. Show interest in reading.

6. Set aside part of your child's allowance to be spent only on books.

7. Ask relatives and friends who normally give gifts to your children to give them books or subscriptions to magazines.

8. Reserve a shelf in your bookcase for your child.

9. Help your child to make their own books.

10. Introduce your child to the public library during his or her preschool years.

11. Help your child to make colorful bookmarks out of construction paper.

12. Check with your local libraries and bookstores for dates when children's book authors will be reading or signing their books.

13. Help your child write to a favorite author.

14. Buy a good set of encyclopedias for your child.

15. Also, make sure to have a dictionary in your child's reference library.

16. Make sure your child reads some activity books such as cookbooks or gardening books.

17. Create a reading area for your child.

18. Read and discuss stories with your children.

19. Get your child involved in the stories they read.

20. Play reading games.

21. Of course, you should limit how much T.V. your child watches.

22. Encourage your child to exercise his or her imagination by having him or her draw characters or places they read about in their favorite books.

23. Collect old books your children have outgrown and donate them to book drives held by children's hospitals, churches, or other organizations which help the needy.

24. Encourage your child to write often.

25. Help your child keep track of the books he or she has read by keeping a journal with the title, author, and date completed of each book read.

26. Play a game I call "Give-The-Story-An-End".

[John]

No.8 made me laugh.