The Key to Success: Reading as a Family
Everyone wants to help boost their child’s confidence and help prepare them for the world, but what are some steps you can take to help them with that? This might not be an obvious answer, but read with your children! We understand that life gets busy and some things get overlooked, so that is why we are challenging you to read ten books with your children in two weeks, and yes, there is a prize at the end for your kids!
Why Is Reading Together Important?
You might be thinking, my kid reads on their own all the time, so why is it important for me to read with them? There are a variety of reasons it is beneficial for you to read with your children, but overall it will help boost their confidence in themselves! Reading with children helps improve their ability to express emotions, prepare them for academics, and encourage creativity. Reading with you will help keep your child engaged in the story and help them understand things they can’t fully comprehend on their own. You can even join in on the fun by reading aloud to your children, which has been shown to improve children’s emotional, social, and character development.
Reading with your child can also create a new kind of bond between you both and help them form a healthy relationship with reading! Let’s face it, as they get older; they are going to have to do a lot of reading throughout their years in school; if you make reading a fun activity with you now; it won’t feel like such a chore as they get older. Plus, reading together can create a new kind of connection between you; reading will become the fun little hobby you do together; as they continue to get older and more independent, this can become your new thing to do together!
So Why Do A Reading Challenge?
Starting a reading challenge can do many things for you and your child. First of all, it will hold you and your child accountable for achieving your goal. Partaking in this reading challenge can also be a great opportunity to teach your children at a young age what it means to decide to do something and follow through with it! Plus, when they get a reward at the end, it will show them just how great achieving our goals can feel.
We’ve all heard about how important creating habits can be to live a healthy lifestyle, so why not start them young? Participating in a reading challenge will help your children understand what it means to create a habit, and that can be an extremely useful tool as they continue to grow. Doing a challenge will hold all of you accountable to read regularly, which has been shown to encourage literacy, communication, and critical thinking skills, all of which can be a great asset for your child as they move throughout life!
As you and your child embark on this journey with us through our reading challenge, your child can become more confident in their abilities, learn how to express their emotions more effectively, get prepared for many aspects of life, and learn how amazing it can be to accomplish our goals. Plus, you get a fun new hobby for you and your little ones!