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Practical ideas and research about raising readers.
Read to Your Dog (Seriously)
Your kid won't read to you. They won't read to their sibling. But a golden retriever who sits there panting and looking impressed? Thirty minutes, easy.
Flashlight Reading
Hand a kid a flashlight and a book, turn off the lights, and tell them they can stay up ten extra minutes if they read under the covers. You've just turned read
Build a Reading Fort
Blankets draped over chairs, a pile of pillows, fairy lights if you've got them, snacks if you're feeling generous. The fort isn't about reading, it's about cre
The Worst Voices Game
Read a picture book aloud, but do the absolute worst, most ridiculous voices you can manage. Squeaky villain. Grumpy narrator. Every character sounds like they
The Cliffhanger Trick
Stop reading at the most exciting part. "Okay, that's it for tonight." Watch what happens.
The Book Picnic
Take books outside. A blanket, some snacks, a stack of library books or whatever's on the shelf. That's the whole plan.
Let Them Read "Below" Their Level
Your fourth grader wants to reread Captain Underpants for the ninth time. Let them.
Audiobooks Count
Audiobooks are not cheating. Say it again for the parents in the back.
Read the Book, Watch the Movie
Read a book together, then watch the adaptation, then talk about what changed. Congratulations, your kid is now a film critic and a literary analyst, and they t
Start a Family Book Club
Not the adult kind with wine and pretending you finished the book. The kind where everyone, parents included, reads the same picture book and then argues about
Start a Book Journal
Not a book report. A book journal. The difference is that no one grades it, it's not for school, and your kid can use it however they want.
The Library as Adventure
A library trip isn't an errand. It's a treasure hunt with no wrong answers.