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what everyone said. and don't focus on what they read, but that they read. If your kid wants to read comic books, then encourage that and help them find other books with similar characters. Son liked the movie "Thor"? Get him some books of mythology. and on and on
My 16 yr old, she's into vampires right now. But ya know what, she is reading. She also works at the library, started as a volunteer in the teen room and now is a paid employee in the circulation dept.
My youngest has been reading since she could think. At least it seems that way.
From the time she could crawl, she had a book in her hand. Her one lament was they didn't teach them to read on the first day of kindergarten. She thought they would start off reading.
Every year at school orientation, she asks when they will take the reading level test so that she can check out books from the school library.
She's now in 6th grade, testing on a 9th grade level. Her benchmarks aren't even on the chart. Even her science, which hasn't been "taught" as a subject she scored above average because the majority of the questions could be reasoned through with good reading comprehension. She is waiting on the library to get back its copy of "Watership Down" We will read it together since so many of the themes are more adult.
Oh, and her favorite hobby is writing essays. She's working on one right now to get a scholarship for Space Camp
If you are finding that your early reader gets bored in kindergarten because the other kids are behind, make extra trips to the library.
My 16 yr old, she's into vampires right now. But ya know what, she is reading. She also works at the library, started as a volunteer in the teen room and now is a paid employee in the circulation dept.
My youngest has been reading since she could think. At least it seems that way.
Every year at school orientation, she asks when they will take the reading level test so that she can check out books from the school library.
She's now in 6th grade, testing on a 9th grade level. Her benchmarks aren't even on the chart. Even her science, which hasn't been "taught" as a subject she scored above average because the majority of the questions could be reasoned through with good reading comprehension. She is waiting on the library to get back its copy of "Watership Down" We will read it together since so many of the themes are more adult.
Oh, and her favorite hobby is writing essays. She's working on one right now to get a scholarship for Space Camp
If you are finding that your early reader gets bored in kindergarten because the other kids are behind, make extra trips to the library.
