In my new
position as Reading Specialist this year, it has really made me think about how
reading affects so many different things.
My good friend Linda has four children, three girls and a boy. The three girls have always loved to read. Any time I would visit them or talk with them
I would ask what they were reading how they liked it and if they would
recommend it to anyone. The girls always
would be willing to talk about books.
Her son would say I don’t really like to read. Linda was concerned about him and wanted some
help about what to do. I talked with him
about what things he liked baseball, hockey, sports in general. I took him to the bookstore without his
sisters to find some books that he might enjoy.
Success! Linda said he loved the
books we bought and was actually enjoying and was starting to get interested in
reading. Times were tough for him as he
got older he still struggled with reading but enjoyed his sports books. Linda would read any of the books he got as
assignments with him. They would take
turns reading to each other and would discuss the book. Linda would ask him questions about the
book. She asked me what kinds of
questions to ask because she wasn’t sure what to ask. After talking with Linda I realized how hard
it might be for parents to talk to their kids about books. Especially since
most kids give the typical answer of yes or no never explaining anything about
what they have read. I found on the
Scholastic web site some great questions you can use to talk to your kids about
what they are reading. These questions
will hopefully generate more discussions instead of just the typical yes or no
answers.
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogs/scholastic-parents-raise-reader/5-new-questions-to-ask-kids-about-books
Happy
Reading! Be sure to join us Thursday, November
13th for free pizza and fractured fairy tales on family reading
night!
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