2 thoughts on “Helping kids learn to love reading”
In his book “Freakonomics” Steven Levitt suggests that the leading cause of kids loving to read is parents owning a lot of books. I’m not sure I agree. But it’s interesting from the perspective of an economist.
Readily available books has helped our kids read more — they log onto the library website, order their books and in a few days they walk a couple of blocks down the street to get them from the local library branch. That and limiting TV and computer games.
In his book “Freakonomics” Steven Levitt suggests that the leading cause of kids loving to read is parents owning a lot of books. I’m not sure I agree. But it’s interesting from the perspective of an economist.
Readily available books has helped our kids read more — they log onto the library website, order their books and in a few days they walk a couple of blocks down the street to get them from the local library branch. That and limiting TV and computer games.