Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than sitting down and, say, doing a reading drill when you're 3 or 4 years old.
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My mother brought us to the library every week, and I read a lot. That's what kept me company. I went from school to school, but there was always reading.
I always read a lot as a kid and I'd spend long periods of time in my room reading... I wasn't reading anything great until I got older, but I used to read Agatha Christie mysteries and all of Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' novels.
Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don't like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading.
I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!
As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think.
Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.
By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It's important to read because you have to fill your head with words.
I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well.
If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.