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My Child Won’t Read! What Can I Do?
Strategies to get your child from reluctant reader to motivated reader
Your child doesn’t want to read anymore.
It seems as though one moment you had a little avid reader, and the next thing you knew, your child had morphed into a reluctant reader.
You are totally bewildered. What happened? When did it happen?
One of the most memorable milestones in a parents’ life is the day that their child begins to recognize sight words, memorize books, and then learns how to decode or sound out words.
In elementary school, reading is a fun adventure as children discover books and the joy of reading. But somewhere around fourth grade through middle school, something changes for many children. Especially boys.
The change is from excited reader, to disinterested reader, to reluctant reader.
It is during this period that some children stumble with comprehension, inferences and and analysis of what they are reading, be it fiction or non-fiction.
They read a book, and when you ask them what the book is about, they cannot tell you.
They subsequently lose interest in reading and parents are at a loss, worried, or worse yet, frustrated with their child’s…
