This is for those of you who have kids that are starting to read but haven’t yet “caught the bug” for wanting to read by themselves.
For a gift for my daughter’s birthday I gave her these books, but with a catch – she could only have #1 and then has to “unlock” book #2 by fully reading book #1. Then once book #2 has been read she can unlock #3 and so on.
I noticed with our curriculum’s weekly readers she wasn’t really interested in reading them even though she’s skillfully able to. I found when I told her if she finished this week’s reader she’d unlock the next one, it really motivated her.
Reading for the sake of reading wasn’t that enticing to her, but somehow making it sound like a challenge with the prize being the next book has made her start reading on her own!
So for her birthday I figured rather than giving her all the books at once they’ll need to be unlocked to motivate her to read them – and with them being wrapped hopefully it will make them even more enticing!
So if you’re celebrating a birthday with books or just trying to get your child to read more, maybe tell them they can “unlock” the next book by reading the first one or wrap them up like presents (you could even wrap library books to make them more enticing). Good luck!
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