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Why children might hate reading
Are you troubled by your child’s disinterest in reading? Maybe you have a young child just learning to read. Maybe you have some students who typically aren’t drawn to reading.
You try to encourage the learning by reading together. However, each reading session is a struggle.
Your child shuns it like a hated vegetable. Or maybe a student can already read, but just doesn’t want to. They even tell you straight in your face, “I hate reading.”
How did it come to this? Why does your child dislike reading?
Basically, it comes down to one thing: the love for reading was never ignited or has been extinguished.
There are some super fun ways to get your students or children to love reading again.
Here are 8 ways to kill a child’s love for reading:
1. Reading sessions are more like drilling sessions. Don’t quiz and test children when reading. It’s ok to point things out and ask questions to promote thinking but make sure it stays FUN.
2. Don’t turn it into a pressurized teaching session. Yes, you hope that they learn something from the reading but don’t make that your main objective.
Read to enjoy the story. Learning usually takes place when the teaching is not so obvious.
Make Sight Word Reading Fun
Target sight words after reading with games
I love using sight word games like these ones below.
Sight Word Picture Puzzles cut and paste.
I even created editable sight word printable mats to make reading sight words in context more enjoyable with playdough, because who can resist playdough?
FREE Sight Word play dough mats.
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2. Television, video and computer games takes center stage when it comes to relaxation and entertainment.
These strongly distract children from reading. There needs to be a limit to these activities if you want to convince them that books can be entertaining too.
One way to limit them is to give kids some control over which picture books to buy. I love writing all about different kinds of picture books to target many social skills as well as literacy skills.
3. Reading books that are too difficult for their reading level. It is very discouraging for children to open a book and not know how to read many of the words.
Where is the joy when you struggle to get through a page? Know your child’s reading ability and get books appropriate to their level.
4. Reading sessions turn into screaming and put down sessions. Parents need to hold realistic expectations of their children. Control frustrations when children don’t excel as fast as you wish they would.
Watch your tongue and avoid derogatory remarks such as “Can’t you remember that word, we just read it,” or “I’ve told you many times already. What’s wrong with you?”
5. Reading books that are of no interest to them. How do children regard these books? BORING! To a young boy, reading a book on dinosaurs may be more captivating than reading a book about Dick and Jane.
Draw your teenagers into reading with books that they can relate too.
I know when I was that age I was game for books on love, romance, and friendship. Capitalize on your child’s hobbies and interests.
6. Forced reading. for older children, sometimes homework is in the form of assigned readings. Usually a report has to be handed in at the end.
Although this is done under good intentions, it is easy for a child to regard reading as a chore to be done.
Very likely too, the assigned reading is not of their choice and therefore, not of their liking. Reading in this situation is like dragging feet in the mud.
Have them do a choice board for homework reading, or using a reading bookmark goal sheet.
7. Peer pressure. This is another factor that affects older children. Kids can be cruel with their branding and teasing.
The term “nerds” and “geeks” are usually thrown at those that indulge in books. Your child may very well choose to shun books just to fit in and be one of the “cool kids.”
8. Limiting what children read. Imagine if you loved sci-fi books but was told you could only read classics.
What a damper that would be for you right? Be open to what your child wants to read.
You may think your child has moved passed picture books but he wants it anyway. Let him. Or you may think reading comic books have less educational value then reading well known novels.
Remember, it’s a book in their hands nonetheless. So, whether it be fiction, non-fiction, picture books, comic books, magazines etc… be supportive.
You want to get your child reading, you have to first show that it is fun and enjoyable.
Sight Word Reading Activities you might like:
- 15+ Ridiculously Easy Printables to teach Sight Words for ESL Students
- Q-tip Painting Sight Words A Fine Motor Activity
- Ice Princess Frozen Sight Word Worksheet Puzzles
Don’t push too hard to get your child or students to learn to read or read to learn. Only when there is love for reading can the learning begin.
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