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KUM O N ST U DI E S
5 TIPS TO KEEP YOUR KIDS
INTERESTED IN READING
T I PS FROM T HE KUMO N CA N A DA B LO G
2. INVOLVE YOUR KIDS IN
THE PROCESS 4. BEDTIME READING
ROUTINE
especially amidst all the distractions It’s perfectly fine to make sugges- Instill a reading routine like reading
of our modern lives. With this in tions, but allowing your children before bedtime and don’t break it.
mind, we asked Canadian parents some amount of input helps to make Kids need consistency and they will
how they keep their children inter- them feel like they are in control of start enjoying that routine and look
THE value of reading should be pretty
well-established by now. But some-
times our kids need a little reminder,
forward to their reading time. You
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can begin by reading stories to your
children and then, probably sooner
than you think, your kids can pick
up the slack and start reading by
themselves.
5. VISIT THE LIBRARY
ested in reading. Here are the 6 top their lives. Let your children pick Remember those old, dusty buildings
tips they came up with that can help their own books from the library to that have a lot of reading material
you raise a strong reader too: read and supplement with your sug- inside? Well, they are still there! It
gestions as necessary. might be hard to imagine going to a
1. STORYTELLING
3. SET GOALS
Storytelling is a great way to get
kids interested in reading.
library these days, but most people
will young children can tell you
that kids still think the library is a
They Just as with anything else, setting magical place. Try making a trip to
may already know a story book, goals is a great way to help your the library a weekly and fun family
so what’s more fun than retelling child track their own progress. To activity. Follow it up with ice cream
the story with props like puppets? motivate your kids to read more, set or a special treat!
Helping a child appreciate the link goals and rewards. A simple reward between reading, writing and perfor- structure like minutes of study/home- mance might also get them excited work/reading equals time they can about exploring new and different spend doing other activities can be books! very effective