Five years old kids know the answer: read to them! Reading to a child enlarges their vocabulary. Makes them deal with more complex sentences than those used in spoken language. They will develop a privileged relationship with both books as the reader. Reading to children teaches them to read. In his book ‘Reads Like a Novel’ Daniel Pennac with a stirring plea, advises teachers to read aloud to teenagers to make them love books. Teaching speed reading techniques in schools, to students around the age of 10, would have a highly beneficial influence on reading habits.