Encouraging your child to read

Reading skills and the joy of reading carry a child through school and through life. A parent's example and shared reading moments influence a love of reading more than anything else. This guide gives you ideas for different ages.

You will need

• Your child's own library card
• The children's section of the library or the e-library
• 15–20 minutes of time every day
• Your child's interests

Steps

1. Read aloud from babyhood

   Looking at picture books and saying rhymes develop language already in the first year. In many places, child health clinics hand out material that encourages reading; ask the public health nurse about it.

2. Make reading a routine

3. Get a library card

4. Choose interesting topics

5. Support a beginner reader

6. Use audiobooks

7. Set an example

8. Talk about what you read

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