My child is 6. I have them do 10-20 min of guided reading daily, meaning I sit with them and help where needed. They read mostly on their own though. I started because school was basically not teaching anything and giving half assed explanations why not.
How much do you do? Wondering if I’m an asshole parent 😅
I think it’s important to allow choice of reading material while mandating minimum reading time. Schools usually assign specific books whereas at home there can be much more autonomy.
It couls be this. However if it is a sunny day and I am missing on playing football with my friends because I have to read… You bet I will hate reading and stop when I grow up. This way you are making reading a choir and something boring - something reading is not.
Haha oh the choice of when to read is easy enough to give a child as well. My son usually chooses to read for a half hour before bedtime.
There are always going to be tasks that must get done and that’s an important lesson for children as well. By giving them as much choice as possible and holding them to their choices, it’s a two way street and a partnership instead of simply forcing them.
Have you ever procrastinate your homework to the evening? Now you are tired and cannot focus anymore. For sure reading will somehow become fun. Chore is a chore. If you take my favorite activity and force me to do it every day for half an hour - I will start to hate it.
In this season I love going to the forest and forage mushrooms. But if I have to do it every day for half an hour you will make me hate it.
What you can do so I will go to forest more often:
You can go with me. Actually learn new mushrooms with me, help me determine it, etc. I will be begging you if I can go to the forest.
The same is with reading. Read the same book/series of books as kids, so you can discuss the content, read to them and they can read to you etc… Discuss what might happen in the story…
You will not be able to stop them from reading.
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I stopped reading the moment I was forced to do it in school. When it was optional I read a book (200 pages) a day.
I think it’s important to allow choice of reading material while mandating minimum reading time. Schools usually assign specific books whereas at home there can be much more autonomy.
I have a ton of childrens books and he chooses what he wants to read. Today we dropped a boring book about animals for a starwars comic.
I know it’s supposed to be fun, but reading is also a learned skill, so there should be a balance I think. Reading isn’t easy at first.
That’s awesome! I dunno, I think you’re doing it just right :)
It couls be this. However if it is a sunny day and I am missing on playing football with my friends because I have to read… You bet I will hate reading and stop when I grow up. This way you are making reading a choir and something boring - something reading is not.
Haha oh the choice of when to read is easy enough to give a child as well. My son usually chooses to read for a half hour before bedtime.
There are always going to be tasks that must get done and that’s an important lesson for children as well. By giving them as much choice as possible and holding them to their choices, it’s a two way street and a partnership instead of simply forcing them.
Have you ever procrastinate your homework to the evening? Now you are tired and cannot focus anymore. For sure reading will somehow become fun. Chore is a chore. If you take my favorite activity and force me to do it every day for half an hour - I will start to hate it.
Alright then.
I always time it so it’s when his friends aren’t home or doing homework when he’s reading.
He also has the “later” option to go play first. I think friends are very important too, so I try to adjust to that.
In this season I love going to the forest and forage mushrooms. But if I have to do it every day for half an hour you will make me hate it.
What you can do so I will go to forest more often: You can go with me. Actually learn new mushrooms with me, help me determine it, etc. I will be begging you if I can go to the forest.
The same is with reading. Read the same book/series of books as kids, so you can discuss the content, read to them and they can read to you etc… Discuss what might happen in the story… You will not be able to stop them from reading.