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Read-Aloud Revival ®

RAR #205: Help! My Child Doesn’t Like Reading

Read-Aloud Revival ®

Sarah Mackenzie

Books, Homeschool, How To, Read-aloud, Kids & Family, Teaching From Rest, Reading, Education, Parenting

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Do you have a child who doesn't like reading? 1) No need to panic, and 2) Here are some simple ideas for how you can help them fall in love with books.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Sarah. Hi Sarah. My name is Holly. Hi Sarah. My name is April. I'm in Melbourne, Australia.

0:06.8

I have a question about my name is Julie Ann and we live in India. I am wondering,

0:12.6

Hi Sarah. This is Crystal from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Can you give me a suggestion for an especially fabulous book?

0:23.7

Hey there. I'm Sarah McKenzie. This is the Read-A-Loud Revival. And in this short episode,

0:28.7

I'm answering one of your questions. Hi Sarah. My name is Mandy and I am a homeschool mom of two girls,

0:39.1

nine and twelve. And we are on our second year of homeschooling. We have loved Read-A-Loud Revival.

0:47.0

I actually come from club at school and my girls come from the long list of books to read and book

0:55.5

reports. So it has been an amazing opportunity to be able to learn, to love reading, just to love

1:03.2

reading. And my question is that we've been implementing the Family Book Club Guide. I've been

1:07.9

going to library, a lot to pitch your books. I listen to your podcasts all the time, follow along with

1:14.4

all of your homeschool advice and whatnot. My 12 year old, she is ADHD. I think there's a little

1:23.0

bit of dyslexia in there. I cannot get for the life of me, for her to love reading by herself.

1:31.3

She seems to always want me to read to her. And I'm not quite sure if that is okay, if there's

1:42.8

something else I could be doing to engage for her to love reading by herself. I have tried

1:51.2

easier books. I've tried picture books. She just doesn't want to. And I am trying right now the

2:01.2

comic type books to get her involved. And I'm just having a hard time that if I'm not reading to them

2:08.8

or constantly bringing them up, then they usually don't want to have anything to do with it.

2:14.1

Or she just is like straight up. No. So if you have any recommendations for that.

2:19.9

Hey, Mandy. Okay. So a couple of things came to mind for me when I was listening to your question.

2:26.0

First, let's just think back to when your daughter was 234. She probably liked being read to then,

2:33.6

too, right? And most 23 and four year old love being read to. They claim right into your lap and

2:39.7

relish every minute. Most of us could sit down on the floor with a picture book and start reading

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