Is Your Home A Culture for Reading?

I found an article, Building a Culture of Reading for Kids and Parents, Too by Dash Lundy in the Mediaplanet December 2016 issue, and thought I would share some key points.

1.  Reading is not something that happens at school mysteriously by teachers.
2.  "The things that parents do and talk about every day are what children assume to be normal".
3.  So talk about what you read today.
4.  Buy books about things your child is interested in and read and talk about them together.
5.  Share newspaper or magazine articles to read together.
6.  Allow your child to earn electronic time via minutes of reading.
7.  Make sure your child is watching you read.

Before you know it your child has a passion to read.  Also you might need to buy some bookshelves.  I always look for second hand ones to paint together and have another bonding experience.