Do you read books and encourage reading habit to your children? If so how?

I do have a reading habit.My son is a voracious reader.My husband also reads a lot and he bought all the books that my son should read.He himself has an extensive collection of books .Right from when he was 2 years old he was exposed to books and this has been upgraded by stages.His vocabulary and presentation skills are excellent.

Yes, I do read books. Most of the time, when I read, my kids will follow. I would read aloud on purpose and they do the same too. I think in order to encourage kids to read, it's best the parents first set an example for the kids to emulate. Besides reading, there are many things parents can do to influence the kids.

Hi Buchi, I think if parents have the habit of reading then kids also will get that habit automatically. Unfortunately I got busy and can’t find enough time to read now. I am busy with work, kids and family. But I am trying to encourage my kids to read books and I have collected so many books for them already. Sometimes I sit with them and read books for them. In my son’s school curriculum story reading is a must. They are conducting book exhibition in the school twice in a year. I purchased books from there too even though it is costly than outside.

reading of magazine is my habit now its also informative and any form of reading materials should be encourages to all children but there are reading materials not suit for them to read so parents should monitor their children activities since reading is the beast form of learning.

Yes, I love to read but not as voraciously now but I still read though. We have a 7-year-old kid in the house and we got her started reading comics like Archie, Sabrina comics. We hope to get her into more serious stuff later on, but no pressure.

I would definitely encourage reading to my kids. I've read a lot of books and it was very helpful for me to improve my skills in English. It was a very good way for me to learn something. Its was also a good way for me to learn new vocabularies. So I was thinking that if it is effective for me then it is going to be effective for my kids too. As an online english teacher, I think its a very effective way to learn.

i think that if kids see their parents reading, they will want to do so. my daughters read but this wasnt always the case because their father doesnt like to. however, i do so i think they picked it up from me.