![]() ![]() I’m a big, big fan of having kids read a ton of books that are easy for them. I’ve actually done a whole podcast episode on using series books to help your developing reader fall in love with reading. (One of my own developing readers with our doodle, Tomie dePawla □) A Short Window The goal, in that stage is in fact a large quantity of words. Just after they’ve gotten a handle on decoding words, we want to encourage them to increase their speed and fluency … I want to emphasize that when our kids are learning to read and they’re developing speed and fluency and comprehension, the single most important thing they can do to become better readers (outside of being read-aloud to, of course!) is to read a large quantity of words.Ī child new to reading might be five years old, or they might be nine years old-it depends entirely on when your child learns to read- and both ages are just fine. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” Some books are great for deep-diving, but others are primed for skimming, or speed-reading, or staying up till 2 in the morning because you’re dying to know what happens next. Not every book that we read is equally formative or equally deserving of our time and attention. How much richer is your life now that you encountered the ideas in that book?.I mean the quality of the reading experience itself: The number of books that our kids read and that we read matters a lot less than the quality of our reading.Īnd I don’t just mean quality of books, like the best classics or the most important books with the biggest ideas. You’re not getting more out of your books simply because you’ve read a taller stack of them. You’re not more well-read than someone who read three books carefully and well if you speed-read ten in the same amount of time. Reading more books doesn’t make us (or our kids) a more well-read person. Quantity Isn’t the GoalĪsking how many books our kids should read in a year means that reading a certain number of books is the goal of our kids reading lives.īut I don’t think that’s actually the case for most of us. Today, I wanted to suggest that we ask a different question altogether. It’s often posed because someone is overwhelmed by a long book list. How many books should my child be expected to read in a school year?.I get a variation of this question a lot: How to make time for (quite possibly) the best kind of readingĬlick the play button below or scroll down to keep reading.Why my own kids don’t track the number of books read.The difference between reading a book and completing a book.If you or your kids are overwhelmed by a long book list, this sounds pretty great, right? Tune in or read on to hear: Maybe even to have a reading life that is rich, relaxed, and leisurely? What could it mean for your kids’ reading lives (and yours too!), to focus on reading fewer books and making the time spent reading them more enjoyable and richer? We’re going to talk about reading fewer books. Are you or your kids feeling overwhelmed by a long book list? Today I’m sharing how reading fewer books (yup!) can help our kids love books more. ![]()
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