Reading on a regular basis allows children to practice their language skills, writing ability and comprehension skills. It also brings them into a sense of creativity and inquisitiveness when they read fictional stories. Helping develop thoughts on characters and understand alternative struggles. It is also a great way to get them away from their screens!

To learn how to develop children’s reading, here are some top tips you can try.

Give books as presents

Showing that books are great gifts for children to have will make them feel motivated to read more often. They may also be keen to swap books with their friends after they’ve finished reading their own. The good thing about books is that they can be reused again and again whenever you feel the need to.

Take your child to the library

The library is full of fun activities for children to take part in, reading groups and challenges. Many schools also boast their own libraries where children can pick up new books, do further reading in the quiet and additional study time. Libraries encourage children to get involved in reading through a number of different activities. All of which will show them how fun and inspiring books are.

Add a bookshelf to your child’s bedroom

That small ounce of motivation can be cured by the presence of books around them. It’s also good encouragement for their friends and any siblings to get into reading and associate the bedroom with a safe environment to read books in.

Read books with them

Children follow their parents very often; they’re going to be much more interested with what their parents are doing and copy them. You can also read books together so that you can both discover the plot, the different characters that interest your child and what you think the ending of the story will reveal.