How to encourage your child to read?

One of the main areas our children need to improve is how to read with deep understanding and how to critically analyze the text that is in front of them. These are skills that are built over time and can be cultivated in the home environment. As a family, we recommend that you begin by reading text together and asking critical questions about the text.

#1. Read.

Simple first step! If we're going to encourage kids to read, we need to do it too. Read for pleasure, information, instructions, connecting with others, and so on. Read. Read a little more than you've been reading lately. Read together as a family. Make it a household norm and value that we are a reading family. We love it and we make it a regular practice.

#2. Explore different topics and find your interests.

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#3 Ask deeper questions

Knowing how to read is simply about phonics.Understanding what you are reading and being able to make deeper connections is the foundation of comprehension. It’s not enough to send your child to their room to have reading time and then you never talk about it. I would like to encourage you to ask deeper questions. See this blog post for some examples of questions you can ask your child to get them higher on the bloom’s taxonomy scale. Check out this blog post to learn about some questions you can ask when reading news articles or watching current events videos. It is all about Critical Media Literacy.

We wish you and your child all the best!