Checklist for Encouraging a Growing Reader

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There are many ways that you can encourage your child to become a reader.  In the younger years, it is mainly about creating a safe, comforting, enjoyable experience around reading.

Creating a Cozy Reading Space

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Everyone loves a little nest.  Especially kids!  They love forts and tents and tubes and boxes…  So, creating a cozy space for kids to read only takes a little bit of imagination!

What Do You Need?

• Imagination
• A child
• Some books
• A little bit of space, a corner works well, but is not necessary
• Something soft and cozy to sit on (a pillow, rug, mat, or fuzzy blanket works!)
• A desire to pass on a love of reading to your child
  

Read to Me, Daddy!

Reading Is Good

We take this so much for granted that it almost seems silly to entitle a section of a blog article with it!  And I’m going to let that title stand alone.

Bonding Is Good

Ditto what I said above!  Whether bonding with a parent, a friend, a sibling… bonding is essential to the human experience.  Especially for children.  

Bonding with Dad is Great!

Just ask any Dad or any kid, bonding with Dad can be great fun.  Now, just imagine combining all of these factors.  Bonding with Dad through reading!  

Hey Baby, What Are You Reading?

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Is your child ever too young to read to?  Can you read to a one month old or a seven month old?  Turns out, you can start even earlier!  Babies recognize their mother's voice in the womb.