Please set aside time each day from your busy schedule to read with your child. For this project and always, help your child find books to read for pleasure and information. Creating a reading routine at home is the first step to showing your children that you value the importance of reading. If your children are not enthusiastic about reading, but are passionate about skateboarding or animals, hand them an issue of a special interest magazine on these topics. If they like it, consider subscribing.
School books can stay on the desk or in their backpack.
But books they have checked out of the library, received as gifts, or chosen to buy at a bookstore deserve a special shelf or bin of their own. If they're learning about animal habitats, take them to the zoo. If they're studying the Civil War, visit a local battlefield. Any family outing can add to the experience and knowledge your children can bring to reading. So make the most of it.