Encouraging DS to read

[fluffytowels]

I am precious about DS's reading but try not to be too pushy. Know he will get there in his own time etc.

However he refuses to read things which aren't school books. This is OK but his school have done very little since behind inning of December and didn't change his books.

Have been trying to get him to read here and there over the holidays but he refuses. Am worried by the time he gets new books from school 6 weeks will have passed and he will slip back.

Any suggestions?

Have you looked at the on line ones www.mumsnet.com/learning/ebooks

www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Library/Index/?AgeGroup=3&BookType=Phonics

what do you read while he is reading?
ie what example are you setting him for reading things that do not have to read?
if the TV is off, and the radio, and the computer and you curl up on the sofa with a book, what does he do?
on a non school day, if you get back into bed with a cup of tea and a book and ask him to come and join you, what toy / book will he bring?
what books live at the foot of his bed for when he wakes up?

He has a big bookcase full of books in his room. Chapter books on the top shelf, books he can read on middle and picture or information books on the bottom.

But he would never want to look at a book outside of bedtime, and then he wants to be read to.

I have 2 year old too so don't get much time for curling up with cup of tea and a book myself . We do have lots of books in the house though.

However, you may have just given me my New Year's Resolution

DC4 only ever read school books, & all non-fiction, once he was past ORT - it made me v sad as we had shelves of nice kids' books, & he was read to a lot, but he wasn't interested (& he still prefers non-fiction, now aged 18 & at uni)

It's a horse-to-water situation unfortunately

fluffy
HTH

both of mine have always loved the curl up in bed times
DH and I got a king size bed so that we had room to read too on a Saturday with both kids tucked in - now they are 11 and 13 we probably need a superking!
and yes, silent times are really good
you in the middle of the sofa - one child on each side - all three of you with a book (or pile thereof) and a drink
the very best of quality time

ponders
I read very little fiction
but curling up with a magazine or the saturday newspaper is my true luxury
the kids still largely devour fiction but are encouraged to read magazines too