When does your child recreationally read?

[Corgi887]

When does your primary age child recreationally read? And for how long? DS likes reading (but doesn't love it) and I'd like to encourage it. He also prefers to read non fiction but school keeps talking about how much it aids creative writing to read fiction and he struggles with that.

It honestly doesn't matter what he reads as long as he reads.

Let him read what he enjoys

mine always read at bedtime. A kindle is great for this once the child graduates to chapter books, but it’s affordability depends on if your local library checks out compatible books.

Sorry, I mean do you tend to do half an hour before bedtime? Weekends? I have no idea how to fit it in as we always feel busy!

Only at bedtime for 11yo dc. 30 to 60 minutes, depending on how gripping the book is. 13yo dc brings her book to school & dips in throughout the day.

Our girls were in bunk beds and we got reading lights attached. We let them "stay up late" reading if they wanted to... so half an hour at the end of the day, more if not a school night.

Was a good tactic.

Whenever they want (in leisure time). Often before bed, but its not a set time

Bedtime unless a new book in which case it’s read cover to cover right away.

In the morning - she is allowed to be out of bed by 7 at the weekends but not wake us until 8 - she can choose to read or play barbies. It's probably a 50/50nsplit of which activity she will choose.

During the day she can read whenever but doesn't often apart from her school reading book after dinner.

In the evening I read to her before bed and then she usually asks for her own reading time so she does another 20-30 mins then as well.

Our 7 yo loves to read in bed for half hour or so before sleep. We read to him first, then he has kids kindle which has a big library of age appropriate books that he reads from every night once he's tucked in. He doesn't choose to read during the day, it's very much a nighttime thing for him. He started doing this when he was about 5 1/2 and has carried on doing it ever since.

I wouldn't push what he reads recreationally thee point is it's reading for enjoyment. My ds has 30min reading in bed after we say good night. He also reads on a weekend

Just when they fancy it. Older two read in the car, in bed, on a rainy weekend if we’re not going anywhere. Little ones read at the evening when I read with them.

Sometimes I find if I’m reading of an afternoon they will also. I think it’s really helpful seeing the parents read for fun too.

It was east with our eldest (daughter) who read each day once she was 8/9. At 26, she never picks up a book.

our youngest (son) had to be coerced throughout his school career. 19 now and studying at university, his library challenges ours (which is pretty broad).

no idea why, in either case 🤷‍♀️

DS could manage more than a Wimpy Kid book a week at 4, he was a big Anthony Horowitz fan at 5. He was reading a lot until 8-9 when the Xbox came to live with us, he still reads regularly but never as muchas he did when he wA younger.

My son is 7. He loves to read but prefers TV no matter how much I try and get him to do it. He likes the comic books like toto and dogman. I will say he is on kev 15 at school with the Oxford Reading tree so finding age appropriate books is hard as the ones for his age (teacher assessment said reading age was 10y and 6m) are mostly about death and relationships which are a bit to mature for a 7 year old. The only one he read consistently was from his fave TV show. Otherwise he does struggle. I take his younger brother up to bed and he has the time by himself to read.

My DS is 5 and we tend to get him to read his school reader to us, and then we read something more advanced to him. In the last few months we're trying out chapter books such as Roald Dahl, as I want him to experience longer narratives. He really enjoys it, and i'm pretty sure that if I offered to read him a chapter in the day he'd be interested. I do hope he becomes a reader, as his dad and I both are.

My son is 5.

He does his school reading book with us and we have a story at bed time.

Next to his bed he has a huge pile of non fiction books that he loves. He 'reads' them in bed by himself. I'm not sure how much he can actually read yet, but even looking at the pictures is good.

Similar to others we’ve got the “you can read on your own after we’ve shared a story” rule, whereby our son thinks he’s winning by staying up late but actually he’s enjoying a book and we’ve not moved his bed routine back to build in some reading time too.

He’s just turned 5 but hearing him read out loud through the door with lots of expression is very nice.

Bedtime is easiest. Read some of a book to them then say night, you have to go do x now, but they can stay up a bit later and read more of the story if they want to. The next night ask them to catch you up on what you missed.

I've also been surprised at how frequently if I am sat reading a book for leisure they pick one up too.

I wouldn't worry about what books he is reading.

Shame he didn’t pass any reading comprehension to you. If he had you might have managed to answer the actual question asked.

Yes! You are right! Just realised!

He read at all times is the answer, when he pleased, at bed time, in the morning or at any other time of the day, very much like kids watching stuff on their tablets.

I never put a schedule on it or pressure on him, I just bought him the next book he wanted as soon as he finished the previous one.

One - constantly - total book worm. Other less so but still likes to read in bed.

Both have the annoying habit of reading for fucking hours on the loo while everyone else in the house is going purple in the face and cross legged waiting.

As well as in bed, my DD reads in the car - she's lucky that she doesn't suffer any signs of motion sickness unless we're on twisty country lanes for a long period. She also reads in waiting rooms or when we're doing our hobby and she is sitting out.

We're in the habit of making sure she takes a book with her pretty much every time we are going out in the car, just in case.

She occasionally takes herself off to her room for some quiet time with a book during the day, but she's getting into writing stories so she more often does that at the moment.

I read to DC about 7.30 for half an hour before bed. They then read for at least 30 minutes on their own, one does about an hour of reading the other just the 30 minutes or less if he can get away with it. Youngest reads in the car too but eldest gets travel sick. In school holidays we take our books to the cafe and get hot chocolate and cake and sit and read for an hour too.

Mine will read instead of screen time if they're not given the option of the screen. I really think unlimited Minecraft etc is death to reading.

They read in the car and after chores. Very keen to read before chores...

They listen to audiobooks at night. Helps with a love of stories and understanding of narrative.