It is a complex process, difficult for some and easy for others. Reading for pleasure and information develops reading interests and offers children the opportunity to practice their reading skills in meaningful ways. Parents of elementary-age children should provide reading materials in the home that arouse curiosity or extend their child's natural interest in the world around them. By encouraging and modeling leisure-time reading in the home, parents take the most important step in fostering their child's reading development. Reading and writing are complementary skills.
Parents are important to children both as role models and as supporters of their efforts.
Establish a reading time, even if it is only 10 minutes a day. Ask your child to bring a library book home to read to a younger sibling. Encourage your child in all reading efforts. Contact your local library. Most libraries have summer book clubs and special reading activities for children.