Raising a reader

I definitely do I loved reading as a kid and I want him to have that same passion

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Exactly

Yes! Readiing is extremely important. We read so many books. I will have to check this book out! Thanks for sharing! If you would like some info on good books pm me.

Is this book helpful/interesting? I try to read 2 stories to my LO every day. We're working our way thru Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2, but I've gone thru all of her other books already 😫 Maybe I'll grab this for myself when I go buy her more books!

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I've been thinking about it! I definitely will bring her there when shes old enough to pick out her books. Cant wait lol

Go to the library!

I have hundreds of books so my poor child may have no choice. I absolutely LOVE reading so I’m hoping to have a reader 💙

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Haha hundreds of books for you or her?

Well me haha. But I bought about 70 books for my boyfriends daughter, she’s just not interested. So now we will be using them for baby. I have a ton of books my nana has from when I was little so that will definitely become baby’s now so probably about 100 for baby 😂😂

Yes! Even if he doesn’t love reading when he’s older, as long as I can help him to not struggle with it, I’ll be happy. I started reading to him at 8 weeks and he seems to enjoy it at the minute so I hope it continues!

I would love for my kid/s to read books as I did from a young age. There are books out there for every reading level and interest so I hope to introduce books early

Yes! I've been reading to my son since he was born. So has my sister, so he knows books. His favorites are Goodnight Moon and Llama Llama Red Pajama and he'll be 13 months on the 1st! When he sees I'm about to read one of his favorite books, he excitedly comes over to me, cuddles and looks at the pictures as I read through the whole book. My husband and I have saw him on numerous different occasions just quietly flipping through his books. I'm very serious about his reading! We have readers in my family! We have my mom who is a huge reader, my grandma, my sister and somewhat myself! I want him to love reading and I hope he does! There's definitely no pressure, but I figure, introduce it to him young! So that way, maybe he does love it! I want him to appreciate and love real books, not audio, though there's nothing wrong with audio! I also don't plan on getting him an iPad or tablet of any kind! He has plenty of books, games, toys and an awesome imagination!

My youngest loves to read, he's going on 8 and is just starting to read himself to sleep. He says it's so he can get better and I love it

Yes! My daughter loves to read and I couldn't be happier. Hoping my son likes it just as much

My 8yr old was never allowed on electronics, we didn’t even have TV. it was either we play outside or play/read inside. He’s had a library card since he was 3 and never seems to leave them. He has no want or urge to be on any electronics he finds them boring which a lot of people find shocking. I was a huge bookworm. At his age so bonding over books is always awesome, not to mention his little 4yr old sister is getting interested in books and always wanting to go to the library too. I loved growing up without phones and tv, so I’ve been raising mine the same way lol my son even has a bookshelf that he’s filling up quite fast 😂

Yes I do ♥️

I have read to my daughter since she was in my tummy. Thats beacuse I am a reader myself. Because of this her favorite thing to do is to grab a book and bring it to me to read to her. She also dose this a sign that it is time for sleep. I rhink reading to kids no matter the age is important for them. It also creates a one on one activity to do together.

Ever since my daughter was born I would read to her and now at the age of one she will grab and book and point with her little finger to the words and pretend to read ! I just hope she doesn’t lose interest !

I love reading and would love for my daughters to love it to

Its been great for my little ones language development, encourage non-electronic activities and I love our bonding time. The Local library has been my little secret so I don’t over buy books lol also helps as they develop so you can check out different books as they grow, parenting books are also a plus! (Save a little money and read more books!) we are currently in a 1000 books before kindergarten program 🤗

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1,000 books before Kindergarten!? That's awesome! We're going to try that. I heard on the radio that if you read to your child 5 books a day, they'll know 3 million words by the time they're in Kindergarten. I know everyone grows and learns at their own pace, but I'd say that'd be pretty awesome!

Early/emerging literacy is so important and can be supported so easily. Just have books/reading materials, share a joy in reading, model reading yourself, and read to your child as a form of connection. We have been reading to our daughter from the very beginning. She is now just about 10 months old and her favorite play choice is taking books off the shelves and paging through them, studying the pictures with a high level of engagement. She enjoys sitting with us to share stories too and turns the pages as we go. We have so many books but often visit the library for new options. I think a really important part of all of this is making sure that we aren’t forcing reading or formal reading instruction in developmentally inappropriate ways (as kids get older). That zaps the joy right out of something that should be a way to foster a loving connection between people and an intrinsic excitement and motivation to discover through the written word. 📖 📚

Yep!! I come from a family of readers and definitely hope to pass that on to my little one

My 10 year old loves reading! I already read to my 3 month old. My husband and I both read so I'm hoping it runs in the family

Funny I stumbled upon this group today! My daughter’s teacher told me she’s ready for sight words and reading!! #proudmama #3yearsold #teachermom #counselormom #preschool #homeschool

My oldest loves to read and I love it! My youngest still thinks books are chew toys.

My son loves books touchy feely books, normal books just being read to

My youngest is a little reading machine. He reads on a regular basis because he really enjoys it. He loves trips to the book store or library. Then my oldest is the opposite and it’s like pulling teeth to get him to sit down with a book and focus 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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Was there a difference in introducing reading? I want my child to read like that and my step daughter hates reading, but she wasn’t introduced early enough in my opinion. Or maybe it all just depends on the kid? 🤷🏻‍♀️

My 1 year old would rather have books to look at and pretend to read then actually paying toys so everytjme i go to the store i make it a goal to get her a book something new she can entertain herself and little mind with... i do read to her daily and have gotten books with music in them that i sung and read to her and she just loves that one on one time with me... i wish my 3 and 7 year old loved books as much as her but they dont 🤷‍♀️

I’m super obsessed with picture books so my kids have picked up on my passion for sure. We visit the library a lot, and authors and publishers sometimes send us new books to review on Instagram. My daughter picked up reading really fast and that definitely helped with her interest. My son has just recently started to be able to sound out CVC words and recognize sight words, and I can tell that his interest in books is increasing now that he’s realizing that he can learn too.

I want my daughter to be a reader and have a great imagination, and I truly believe they are connected! 😍I had a horrible time reading when I was younger, but I absolutely love to read now. I hope she has it from the beginning! What's too young to start Harry Potter? 😬😁

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Whatever you like the most it’s perfect for a little tiny ones . When they get older you won’t choose again. The point with baby’s it’s listening our voice

It’s never too young for Harry Potter.

I use and app to track my baby and my toddler read since July ; I read to her more than 1000 books , and my baby boy have 700 . I thinks it’s one of the most imp. Thing I could teach them . Reading open door and I know the could be anything with that tool, and open their creativities

My son is obsessed with the little blue truck books! Will go grab it and sit and flip through the pages and just read it too me. 13 months and loves his books

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He has three off them now! The Christmas one is his favorite!! We read it three times a night

My son too! That’s his favorite! And we surprised him with the Christmas one in December and he still demands we read it every night 😂

I care, I just find it hard to not to read to her on the tight schedule through the week. I do talk to her, and sing to get. We buy books are try to read them as often as possible.

We LOVE books! My mom was a bookworm, and I followed in her footsteps to be a bookworm, and now my little man LOVES books. It makes my mama heart happy. We have “reading hours” (they aren’t actually an hour) where we’ll both sit with a book. I like to read personal growth books, and he’ll read something off his bookshelf. And then we also read his books in bed, and check out library books. We’re book crazy!

I started reading to my son while I was still pregnant. We read multiple books before bed most nights. He loves it and gets really upset if for some reason we can’t have a story. I’m having some anxiety because, at 4, he seems to have zero interest in starting to learn to read himself. He goes to preschool and knows his letter sounds and he can read and write many cvc words, but it is a struggle to even get him to show me what he’s learning.

Yes! It’s very important to me ! I’ve been reading to my baby since day 1. Have you heard about the 1000 books before kindergarten program offered through libraries ? I just started it with my 8 week old and it’s a lot of fun for me (and I hope him one day).

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Can you explain more about this program?!

Yes ! I came across the program on my library’s website: https://www.sclibrary.org/kids-teens/kids/1000-books-before-kindergarten The goal is to read 1000 books before your baby starts kindergarten - they have recommended books based on age, but it’s mostly just a free for all. You get a folder at the circulation/reference desk in the children’s section of the library and it’s sheets of paper with the numbers 1 - 1000 (100 per sheet). Every time you complete 100 books, your baby gets a sticker and then at the end, a book bag. There is an app, but it didn’t work for me - I couldn’t even download it successfully and I found out it hadn’t been updated in years so I’m tracking the books on the sheets I get. I don’t think every library participates, but you can search on the website to confirm. We started the program on the 1st of January and we are already at 132 books. 😀 It’s a lot of fun and my baby loves it !

I read to her in utero, and she’s 5 weeks now! I am still reading to her! Hopefully down the road it shows itself as a positive!

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I read to my baby in utero too! And I’d play classical music and nursery rhymes for him too, both in English and French (my husband is French). I hope it helped!

https://imaginationlibrary.com/ I almost forgot about this..Free books from birth to 5.

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Same here. Not in my area 😟

Ahhh yes! I forgot about this, thinking why I didn’t register already, just remembered that they aren’t available in my area! Hopefully soon! 😟

Yes I love to read and wel love for my baby to read

We read about 20 books per day....hoping be will be a good reader!

Yes! We've been reading together more and more and I love. Such a huge part of my childhood, I want it to be part of his too!

I mean what does raising a reader even mean? Cause I can read Facebook comments all day 😂 but I used to read a lot of novels in middle and high school but stopped when I started working. And I try to read but get so distracted with life. But I can totally read a books to my baby everyday. I babysit and read to them all the time. What are some highlights or main points in this book?

I hope my youngest son becomes a reader! His big brother LOVES books. He has a pretty great collection for an almost 3 year old.

I'm an English teacher, so, erm, HELL yeah, it mattered that Ele read and became a reader!! Even when she did no more than chew on the books while we read to her, we still did it.

I've got a super heavy reader (15yr) we read all the time. Magazines, newspaper, whatever. I made it a point to have reading time (just like nap time.) And make it the most fun possible. I always made sure my son saw me reading.

We love reading. My little ones favourite is frozen and Goldilocks

My son loves to read..

We read every single day! She loves books! We find the coolest books at thrift stores. Some from the 60s&70s 🌈🥰

Not to sound creepy, but I saw this book photo and bought it... Does that make you an influencer? LOL xx

Our kids love books! And we love to library hop! They are little kiddos and can barely read on their own, but they love looking through books and “reading,” books that we have read over and over to them. We don’t just have favorite books, we have favorite authors 🤓 They like to bargain how many books we need to read to them at night. They also enjoy when we read chapter books to them, and can’t wait to read the next chapter the next night. We finished the program “1000 books before Kindergarten,” with my older one a few months before turning 3, and my other was is about to be finished with it too, he is 2.5yrs old. It’s really neat when they bring up certain things from a book we’ve read and compare it to a situation in real life, like when we talk about needing to be patient and they bring up the book, “Waiting Is Not Easy,” an Elephant and Piggie book. Literacy is such a wonderful gift to give and share with kids and really important to establish as early as possible 😁 When you’re an elderly

sitting in your reading chair, wanting to read a book but your eyes are so blurry, you’ll be glad your child that is visiting loves to read books and don’t mind reading a book or two to you 🥰

Definitely working to raise a reader. My momma did it for us, and I want to carry it on to mine. ;) You are not alone!! Just recently started my kid on the Magic Treehouse series. Already helping him to learn to read himself. Wish me luck. He turned 4 TODAY! :)

It wasn’t until around 5th grade that I really became a true reader, thanks to my grandmother. I plan to use the same technique my grandmother used when my son is around that age to get him to hopefully become an avid reader as well. Until then, I read to him here and there and he’s somewhat into it but would much rather play with his trucks. He’s almost 4

Yes I read all the time with my little one she loves books so much

How old is your reader?