Reading is a huge part of a child’s development. In the early stages, it should be a shared experience between parent and child which can impart a love of books from an early age.

Reading skills are an essential part of building a strong imagination, love of story-telling and interest in learning.

Here are some top ways to get your children into reading:

• Ensure your child sees you reading regularly. Whether it’s a book, a newspaper or a magazine – being in an environment that promotes reading will instill a love of reading for pleasure.
• Read in a place that’s comfortable for both you and your child.
• During and after reading a book, talk about the true story. Take the time to discuss the ideas in the book in order to ensure proper understanding and inspire imagination.
• If they have a favorite book or author, let them read their work again and again; but also encourage them to explore other authors and books in a similar style.
• Get your kids their own library card, and encourage them to borrow 5 books at a time. The more books they go through, the more they’ll be able to refine their taste and widen their comprehension.
• Try graphic novels: the brilliant illustrations and edgy dialogue are great for kids who think reading is boring.
• Some kids will prefer non-fiction books, and there are plenty of books about Space, Nature or History written at an appropriate level that they will love.
• Reading on an e-reader provides progress reminders and reading speed which shows the effort young readers put in and motivates them to improve.
• Audio books can help children appreciate the art of story telling if they aren’t ready to read whole books by themselves.
• Get their eyes tested: needing glasses makes reading a whole lot harder and less enjoyable.
• Tell your kids they can stay up as long as they want if they read in bed. Making reading a treat!
• After your child has finished a book, let them watch the film. You can then discuss which they preferred and what they would have changed.

One day, as a small child, Thomas Edison came home from school and gave a paper to his mother.

He said to her, “Mom, my teacher gave this paper to me and told me only you are to read it. What does it say?”

Her eyes welled with tears as she read the letter out loud to her child…

“Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have good enough teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself.”

Many years after Edison’s mother had died, he became one of the greatest inventors of the century

Now for the mind blowing part…

One day he was going through a closet and he found the folded letter that his old teacher wrote his mother that day.

He opened it…

The actual message written on the letter was: 

“Your son is Mentally Deficient. We cannot let him attend our school anymore. He is Expelled.”

Waves of emotion washed over him and tears rolled down his cheek as he read the letter to himself. That very day, he wrote down in his diary…

“Thomas A. Edison was a mentally deficient child whose mother turned him into the genius of the century.”

Listen, this true story is a perfect example that no teacher will ever care more about your child’s education than you as a mother

The most crucial thing we can do for our child is teach them the joy of reading, at the earliest age possible.

This is an easy reading program designed to specifically for mothers like you, to quickly have your child reading better than all other children their age.

Even if they’re as young as 2, don’t know their alphabet at all and currently show zero interest in reading whatsoever.