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My daughter is 12 now, and reading tons more than when she was 9. The difference is now she has twice daily access to the high school library versus once a we

My daughter is 12 now, and reading tons more than when she was 9. The difference is now she has twice daily access to the high school library versus once a week access to an elementary library. Not sure how much it generalizes, but what would have had her reading more then would have been a well stocked manga section in the elementary library and daily access. Manga really is an accessible way to get used to reading, and a gateway. She just finished Lord of the Rings.

giancarlostoro 3y ago
My daughters still a toddler, but when she sees me holding a book, she gets hers out too. I taught her to point out what the pictures are, so she does that on any book. If she can read LOTR someday, that'll be something :)
- BadCookie 3y ago
  My 10-year-old did not understand that I was reading a book when I was using the Kindle or Libby app on my phone. He was surprised and excited to learn that e-books that I read out loud to him are available in print! This has disturbed me so much that I am contemplating switching back to physical books in order to role model better (or more obvious) behavior. All that is to say, maybe kids aren’t interested in reading partly because they don’t see their parents doing it … at least in a way that they understand.
  - giancarlostoro 3y ago
    I think so too. My daughter repeats a lot of what we do and say, or says "Dad take a bath" around the times I'll normally take a bath.
MisterBastahrd 3y ago
One of the problem with a lot of schools is their layout. Yes, they have libraries. But many students have no way to access those libraries during lunch hours except by way of special passes. All school libraries should, by default, be necessarily directly adjacent to the common area so kids can browse during recess in the same way that they are adjacent to school cafeterias.

giancarlostoro 3y ago

My daughters still a toddler, but when she sees me holding a book, she gets hers out too. I taught her to point out what the pictures are, so she does that on any book. If she can read LOTR someday, that'll be something :)

BadCookie 3y ago
My 10-year-old did not understand that I was reading a book when I was using the Kindle or Libby app on my phone. He was surprised and excited to learn that e-books that I read out loud to him are available in print! This has disturbed me so much that I am contemplating switching back to physical books in order to role model better (or more obvious) behavior. All that is to say, maybe kids aren’t interested in reading partly because they don’t see their parents doing it … at least in a way that they understand.
- giancarlostoro 3y ago
  I think so too. My daughter repeats a lot of what we do and say, or says "Dad take a bath" around the times I'll normally take a bath.

MisterBastahrd 3y ago

One of the problem with a lot of schools is their layout. Yes, they have libraries. But many students have no way to access those libraries during lunch hours except by way of special passes. All school libraries should, by default, be necessarily directly adjacent to the common area so kids can browse during recess in the same way that they are adjacent to school cafeterias.