And these are all good things – don’t get me wrong! Comprehending what you read is absolutely vital to success as a student, and even to success in life as an adult.

We have them draw pictures when they are young and write papers when they are older describing characters and their relationships with one another…all so that they will be able to understand what they are reading. We have them answer questions to make sure they are following the plot. Simple devices like symbolism or personification must be introduced. Help them move beyond that frustration to something like satisfaction with the experience?Īs our kids grow from early readers to late elementary school reading assignments, we focus a lot of attention on READING COMPREHENSION, right?.Be honest enough to validate any frustrations they feel.Help them actually get something worthwhile out of it.Encourage our high schoolers to read classic literature.Anything might happen in such a meeting! How can we: The ideas, experiences, settings, characters and relationships that poured out of the author’s mind and onto the page meet up with all that has been a part of the reader’s life to that point. The author’s words are released and brought into an encounter with the reader. It’s not simply that the author’s words are released from captivity. Something amazing happens when a reader opens an author’s book. Why is it important for our kids to read books – good books, and sometimes even hard books! – and what are ways we can help them engage in the process, gaining rich learning from it…even if they are not naturally bookworms? Here’s a thought: A book is nothing unread. There is no right or wrong answer to the question, “Do you LOVE to read?” But homeschoolers pretty much universally agree that teens and tweens need to read books. Some kids are natural bookworms some are not. $5.99 – Add to Cart Checkout Added to cart Excluding 0% taxħSisters’ philosophy of teaching literature to teens and tweens:

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