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Raising Readers: Getting Your Kids to Want to Read in a Distracted World

$350.00

The new school year has begun! You may have been told by your child’s school to help them read each night. But how do you do that without a fight? Good news: It’s possible to help your kid become a regular reader–and actually learn to love reading. The key? Reading with them at every age. 

It’s not enough to hand your kid a book and expect them to read and understand what they read. Research shows that parents and caregivers need to play a role if they want their children to be lifelong readers capable of reading a whole book on their own. Fortunately, you can do this in as little as 10 minutes a day–and doing so will help you connect with your child, too. 

This five-week course teaches parents and caregivers how to get kids reading. You’ll learn: 

  • To create realistic reading routines for your family 

  • How to help your kid(s) choose books they truly want to read

  • Simple, proven ways to read with your kid

  • Techniques to help your child understand the fiction and/or nonfiction texts they are reading in school

The new school year has begun! You may have been told by your child’s school to help them read each night. But how do you do that without a fight? Good news: It’s possible to help your kid become a regular reader–and actually learn to love reading. The key? Reading with them at every age. 

It’s not enough to hand your kid a book and expect them to read and understand what they read. Research shows that parents and caregivers need to play a role if they want their children to be lifelong readers capable of reading a whole book on their own. Fortunately, you can do this in as little as 10 minutes a day–and doing so will help you connect with your child, too. 

This five-week course teaches parents and caregivers how to get kids reading. You’ll learn: 

  • To create realistic reading routines for your family 

  • How to help your kid(s) choose books they truly want to read

  • Simple, proven ways to read with your kid

  • Techniques to help your child understand the fiction and/or nonfiction texts they are reading in school

RAISING READERS CURRICULUM

Session 1: Building Realistic Reading Habits 

Kids look forward to routines and rituals because they make them feel secure and they know what to expect. That includes reading—and creating reading routines starts with you! 

In this session, you will learn how to set up routines that work for your family’s schedule. You’ll also discover why it is imperative to involve your child in decisions about what they are reading. 

Session 2: Sharing Stories Together

Reading is so often seen as an individual and isolated activity–something that kids need to do on their own. But it shouldn’t  be that way. Reading is actually very interactive. 

This session will introduce different techniques that you can easily implement to read with your kids and make reading more of a shared experience, helping them learn and also both of you connect and spend uninterrupted time together.

Session 3: The STAR Method for Reading Fiction

You want to make sure that your kids understand the fictional stories that they are reading. In this lesson, you’ll learn my simple, proven  STAR method. This method helps them understand the stories that they are reading. It also centers on their reactions and connections (empowering them to tap into higher- level reading skills) so that they learn more—and equally important, are excited to continue reading. 

Session 4: The ACT Method for Reading Nonfiction

Kids are exposed to a substantial amount of nonfiction texts in their daily lives: social studies, science, and even math texts all fall under this category. Nonfiction reading is actually really interesting to kids because they are curious about the world. This week’s session will give you easy-to-implement strategies to help your child understand the content that they are reading about in nonfiction books–and–get them eager to read more about their interests. 

Session 5: The Fun Factor 

If kids don’t see an activity as fun, they’ll  be hard-pressed to do it. That’s why they need to view reading as far more than work and a means to finishing a homework assignment. Putting the fun back in reading helps your child become a lifelong reader. 

This final session addresses how to make reading more fun (really!) and engaging so that your child will experience the many benefits that reading offers.

All class sessions take place on Mondays at 1:00PMEST on the following dates:

  • October 19

  • October 26

  • November 2

  • November 9

  • November 16

Participation is encouraged, but not required. All lessons are recorded and uploaded into a course portal within 24 hours of each session date. You will have access to the recordings for 6 months after the course ends. 

You will receive a welcome email with all information and the course zoom link shortly after you register.

Have questions before you commit?

Reach out directly to Elizabeth via email: elizabeth@readingtosucceed.com