DS1 (9 1/2) just doesn't like reading and I don't know how we can make him like it! He's just taken himself off to bed as it was either that or stay up downstairs and read for a while. He's now lying awake in bed as 8.15 is a bit early for his bedtime.
I read and speed through (fiction) books on my kindle and OH always has a (factual) book on the go so it's not like we're a book-free family. His younger brother is a great reader and has nearly caught DS1 up with the school reading books. This doesn't make any difference as he really doesn't bow to peer pressure.
Has anyone got any advice / pearls of wisdom? The thing is that he'll do his other homework with not too much of a fuss, well he is a 9 year old boy but ask him to read and we end up arguing. It's so frustrating as his maths has come on so much since we've pushed Mathletics and done extra work at home.
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9 year old boy dislikes reading -what can we do?
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Haroldplaystheharmonica · 03/03/2014 20:31
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