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| Wed, 03-14-2007 - 8:50am |
I Was Wednesday Wondering....
*How often your 10-14 year olds read?
*Do you have to make them read or do they do it volunteeringly?


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Funny situation here: My 13 yr old HATES to read, has always hated to read and will only read exactly what she is assigned in the classroom..nothing more, nothing less. Ffwd to this past quarter at school where she took a reading class at my insistence. Since she had to read a certain time every class period she picked up a paperback book I'd bought her over a year ago, All American Girl, and started taking it to class. She has now read it in class but has continued to read it almost every night before going to bed, I'd guess 15-30 minutes. I'd have to guess she's now read this same book at least 20 times, drags it in the car, it's always in her backpack. What started as a smart aleked response to being told to read every day in class (re-reading the same book over and over) has become quite annoying yet funny. I keep asking her if she needs another book but her supposed hatred of reading prevents her from even looking at other books. I think I should just take her to the bookstore and insist she pick something out! LOL!
Denise
Connor (13) always has his nose in a book. He is an avid reader and reads everyday. I usually have to tell him to put his book away and go outdoors on a nice day.
stacy
Not often enough for my taste. I suppose every day at school but she doesn't like to read to herself. She loves books and stories and would sit and have me read to her for hours on end, but doesn't care much for reading herself. Makes me nuts because I am an avid reader who can spend an entire weekend glued to a book. I'm hoping by encouraging her love of books and stories eventually she'll want to read more. She has no problems reading, is a very good reader, but is basically lazy. Its easier to have me read it than do it herself. Sigh.
I also don't want to do the "you must read for half hour like it or not" because I don't want her to associate reading with some nasty task she is forced to do. I want it to be purely for pleasure and hope that desire will come as she ages.
Our district has a 25 book per school year requirement for all grades 1-12, so Josh (11) reads alot. He doesn't like it, but he's forced to because he has to write a book report for every book in order to meet the district requirement. I often have to remind him to read before he does anything else. Funny, though, because if he's reading a book that he's thoroughly enjoying, he'll keep reading until I tell him to stop or go to bed! LOL
I do try to encourage him to pick easier reads for his book requirements because everything is done in a timeframe. So if he picks Harry Potter, he may only have a week to read it. I want him to be able to enjoy what he's reading, not rushing through it. We try to keep the longer books for summer and vacations.
Marcy
My problem is that I have to FORCE my 12 year old to stop reading.
*How often your 10-14 year olds read?
*Do you have to make them read or do they do it volunteeringly?
Kiana reads just because she has to for school.
Vanessa & Jazmine love to read! They go through books like crazy!
Brittany "MomtofiveDrews"
Kiana "Hooprincess" 12 yrs old
Vanessa & Jazmine "The Twins"
Brittany "MomtofiveDrews"
Kiana "Hooprincess" 13 yrs old
Nathan, 10, reads ALL the time. Like other posters--I often have to tell him to stop reading.
Hannah has been reading for school. They have to do 3 book summaries a quarter. However, she has read some books she really enjoyed and does read a little more than required (like 5 books a quarter).
I absolutely love to read. I'm glad both kids read.
Karin
As in reading a book, not very often. They get a few magazines by mail and they read them. They also read the newspaper most evenings. We live in a small town and we all live for the daily gossip.
If I wanted them to read a book I would have to make them. The rest is totally voluntary. I don't push the books, because they are reading it's just other material.
Tonya
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