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Blog Entry 37 of 122 What can you do to motivate your children to read
What can you do to motivate your children to read regularly? As parents, we know that reading is important, we feel frustrated if our children don't like to read. Today there are many forces in children's lives that pull them away from reading — television, video games, and after-school activities — what can you do to motivate your children to read regularly? The key is to learn more about your child's interests, then to tap into those interests. Suggest books, magazines, and articles that relate to those topics. Scout for things your children might like to read. Use their interests and hobbies as starting points. Notice what attracts your children's attention, even if they only look at the pictures. Then build on that interest; read a short selection aloud, or simply bring home more information on the same subject. Sit down and spend time reading about trains or fairies, whatever your child’s passion is. see more at:http://www.examiner.com/x-2016-Denver-ParentSchool-Connection-Examiner~y2009m3d8-What-can-you-do-to-motivate-your-children-to-read-regularly

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N.Y. Times list 101: Are picture books for everyon

Article Contributed on: 9/9/2009 8:27:13 PM

New York Times list has another excellent top ten bestselling children picture books. Take a look you might just find a gift for your special child and yourself. (Slide show is a quick visual of book covers to look for when you are buying gifts. +10 reading ideas.) All books can be purchased at Amazon.com.

#10 Elephants Cannot Dance! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (Hardcover)by Mo Willems Mo Willems has given us another winner with "Elephants Cannot Dance", interesting, fun, illustrations and words captures concerns small children may have.


#9 Swing! (Hardcover)by Rufus Butler Seder Seder's astonishing Scanimation technology, goes sports, a follow-up to Gallop. The die-cut cover is a baseball player swinging his bat at a ball, then you can watch as the ball zooms ever-larger to fit the acetate window. This is a outstanding picture book for any age.

#8 The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School (Hardcover)by Keep Reading at: http://www.examiner.com/x-2016-Parenting--Education-Examiner~y2009m9d9-NY-Times-list-101-Are-picture-books-for-everyone

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