We all learned how to read, but how many of us actually remember how that happened? I can’t say I can think of specific reading instruction early on in life, although I do remember lessons about how to write. And of course parents are instrumental in the process, and I know I read many books at home, but again, I’d be grasping at stories to come up with any clear sense of exactly how I learned to read.
Cheryl Jackson has similar memories, and, like me, attributes her love of reading to her parents. I also had a library card from an early age and both of my parents certainly read enough that I often saw them with a book in their hands. It makes sense that I secretly would read to all hours of the night with book after book, then.
Jackson, of course, did a show on “How Do Kids Learn to Read,” which provides some insight into how to facilitate raising an avid and passionate reader. She also urges us all to go read a book… where our kids will see us doing so.
But I turn it over: What do you do to encourage your children to read?
