Comments on: Raising Readers – Tips to Encourage Literacy

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:55:30 +0000

I wholeheartedly support reading, especially for kids. Reading material on the Internet or ebooks are fine but there is something really magical and romantic about holding a book in your hands and flipping through the pages! I only hope that kids today still get to experience this kind of simple nostalgia someday. Let’s continue supporting local libraries too. Reading will never go out of style!

By: Dolly

Dolly — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:34:07 +0000

My favorite books growing up we’re from Parent’s Magazine Press-Book of the Month Club…way back in the sixties and seventies. I’ve found most of them on Ebay and now read them to my kids.

By: feener

feener — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:45:16 +0000

check out the charity bridgeofbooks, donating new and slightly used books to kids who have NO access to books throughout NJ. READ ACROSS AMERICA is in March !!!! promote reading and donating books to kids who can not get their hands on any.

By: Georgine

Georgine — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:40:43 +0000

I love to read, and I cannot imagine what my mother did when I was little to encourage this. She was quite hands off. Anyway, since i love books I really wanted my daughter to feel the same way. I started reading to her in the beginning. Maybe she was three weeks old. It was just one more thing I did where she didn’t cry. I think at our reading peak, we read 30 books a day. Crazy yes, but she would just keep bringing them. She is almost 2.5 and I credit her advanced verbal skills to all the books I read. We still read, not 30 books a day, but 5 to 10. I guess now they are longer, wordier books, so maybe it evens out. I think reading to your child is one of the best gifts to give. Great article Allie.