Encouraging Children To Read
This is a small article I wrote for my work's website with handy hints for encouraging children to read. Reading trends with children are always changing. Favourite authors jostle for position and new titles power up the listings. Frequently I’m asked what books are popular and which would get boys reading… never girls though. It seems to be a barely covered topic, as I have discovered while trying to do research. While girls are still generally accepted as being better and more frequent readers than boys, they are by no means all readers. There is a lot of research out there that would try and give you reasons why children [mainly boys] don’t read as much. I’d be hard pushed to say I agree whole-heartedly with any one article. Having spoken with teachers and parents over the years many different pictures evolve, from these experiences I’d say the following things. Let them have the choice. Many times I’ve had parents come to me with their children and ask me to recommend ...