How Do You Motivate Your Children To Read?

How old were your kids?.. I have this implementation at the house, that there will be no movie viewing , No gameboy, no PSP,no itouch playing , no computer sessions if they will not do oral reading and recitation in front of me. I have this books of short stories and fables.. like 4-5 paragraphs, i bought this book specifically for this intention of mine. Its working.. sometimes they dont touch any of those gadgets anymore and will explore other books that i bought. Have done that since january and its effective.

try to read together with your kid, make it as fun habit, by this your kid will be more interested reading since you were with him/her, do this everyday as possible. hope your kid will interested in reading soon.

When I was a kid the schools used to do things like "Read X books, get a free pizza from Pizza Hut!" coupons and if everyone in the class read enough we'd end up with a pizza party for the whole class. I loved reading anyway, so it was just a nice plus for doing something I already loved. Maybe try doing something like that on a smaller scale? "If you read X books, we go out for dinner" or order pizza or something like that.

the best motivation is imitation do they see you reading yourself??if they see you enjoying books they may get the idea it is a fun think to do!

My kids like to read but it is not usually 1st on their list of things to do. I make them read but I offer rewards. Right now we are using a card and everytime they finish a book they get a punch. After 17 punches we go out for ice cream. We change out the rewards. Sometimes the reward is bigger than other times. They look forward to it and it encourages them to try hard.

My son is to young to read right now but that doesnt stop him from attempting. I didnt try i just sat quietly reading my book one day and he walked over and tried to get my attention but i told him i was reading right then. I let him sit down next to me and i read a little bit to him using animated voices and facial expressions and now everytime i turn around the little munchkin has one of my books (usually upside down) in his lap making funny faces talking outloud to himself trying to look like he's reading. Moral of the story maybe they arent interested in reading alone? It might help to make reading sort of a game and that might get them into books a little bit more? i dont know just trying to help. Thanks.

Every child is different. I have one avid reader and one who couldn't care less. I have always provided them with books of interest no matter what. What kind of topics do your children enjoy? Reading is reading... so provide a variety. Visit the library and look at different styles. When my youngest was very young, she didn't have the attention span so I would ask her to draw a picture of what I was reading (while cuddling of course) We continued with different activities such as acting the story out, making up our own endings, finding favourite stories to read over and over again until we knew them by heart. And for the longest time, all she would read were joke books and science experiments. Just a few days ago, she found a book she was very interested in and read two chapters. I was so excited and so was she. She asked me if she could have a prize if she finished the book (because this really is a big deal) and I told her instead of a prize, I'd buy the next book in the series. This worked for now! As soon as your children find something interesting and worth reading (to them), they'll engage themselves. But don't forget that not everyone is a book worm. Not everyone has the interest or attention. Not everyone enjoys this hobby. All you can do is simply provide the opportunities!