Good reading skills open doors to fascinating worlds and exciting ideas. 25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read helps you lead your child into a playful realm where reading is fun, interactive, and shared by others. Some of the activities described in 25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read are designed for groups of children; some are for kids reading on their own. Some rely on a child's individual interests to encourage reading; some help develop social skills as well. The book also talks about using other media—even television—to generate and sustain your child's appreciation of the written word. An appendix lists books selected for ages 4 to 17.

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Praise for this Book

25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read made the short list of recommended reading for parents and teachers in Creative Classroom, a publication of the Children's Television Workshop, producers of Sesame Street. The magazine's "Spark the Joy of Reading" issue (May/June 1997) cited this book when it stressed the need to make reading accessible to, and easy for, young children. In its Reviews from The Parent Council (Vol. 4:2, May 1997), The Parent Council, Ltd. called 25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read "outstanding." They found the book to be "loaded with playful, interactive, and fun activities." They also said: "This book will strengthen language skills and help kids excel in reading." Reviewers for The Parent Council are librarians, teachers, and child-development specialists who are also parents.

Bibliographic reference: 25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read by Jalynn S. Venis, illustrated by Keslie Lamkin. ISBN 0-9654743-0-5, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-94899. Softcover, 6x9 inches, perfect-bound, 75 pages.

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Excerpts from the Book

Introduction

As a communicator who delights in relative problem-solving, I've shared my joy for words and ideas with clients for almost two decades. When friends started asking me how to get their children interested in reading, ideas began to sweep across my mind like shooting stars.

For children, "fun" is always the key to participation. Creative activities stimulate creative thinking. As I looked around, I realized there were many ways to make reading entertaining for any age. So, I set about writing down my ideas with the intention to send them to people I knew. Very soon, the size and scope of the project expanded to fill a book.

Like so many others these days, my life speeds along in high-gear with more demands on my time than I can comfortably accommodate. There have been many books on many subjects over the years that offer 101 or even 1001 ways to do something, and they're great resources. But for my money, 25 good ideas are about as many as I have the time or patience to examine. That's why this book is called 25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read.

Since schools tend to emphasize informational reading over pleasure reading, getting kids to read for fun falls most appropriately to parents, siblings, close friends, and relatives. Together, you have the opportunity to affect the greatest impact on a child's reading skills. Reading enlarges life immeasurably. The activities that you'll find in 25 Ways To Get Your Child To Read. can make a big difference in the life of someone who's very important to you.

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Chapter 2 - The Art of Storytelling

A delightful variation on the drawing and reading activity for more than one child.

Set up an easel with a large tablet and get out several colorful markers. Group the children around you and the easel, and give them small tablets to write on.

Have the first child from the left start telling an original story. Write down key words as each child takes a turn evolving the story. Give each child two to three opportunities to add to the story with the last child creating an ending.

Ask the children to write down the words that you write on a large tablet. Allow them to use drawings with words, but not just drawings as they follow the story.

At the end of this activity, the children will have a story "book" that they helped to create and can read over and over. Kids will love this inventive exercise.

This activity is great for small parties. Encourage children to color their drawings and give storybooks to friends or family as gifts.

Things you'll need:
Easel
Large drawing tablet
Colored markers
Several small tablets
Colored pencils

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