Comments on: How to Instill the Love of Reading – In Your Child, or Yourself http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/ Simple Productivity Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:14:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brad’s Reader » Blog Archive » Link Love Leftovers (it’s about time!) http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-70992 Brad’s Reader » Blog Archive » Link Love Leftovers (it’s about time!) Wed, 20 May 2009 13:18:57 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-70992 [...] How to instill the love of reading - in your child, or yourself [...] [...] How to instill the love of reading – in your child, or yourself [...]

]]> By: Orc http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-66876 Orc Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:27:44 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-66876 Wow amazing tips. Will try to use them on myself as well :) However i enjoy reading technical stuff mostly but will try to find good stories and other things :) Wow amazing tips. Will try to use them on myself as well :) However i enjoy reading technical stuff mostly but will try to find good stories and other things :)

]]> By: Things to Write Home About - 3/22/09 | Feels Like Home http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-63988 Things to Write Home About - 3/22/09 | Feels Like Home Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:23:06 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-63988 [...] Leo at Zen Habits posted advice on encouraging kids to love reading [...] [...] Leo at Zen Habits posted advice on encouraging kids to love reading [...]

]]> By: Albany Homes http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-60224 Albany Homes Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:17:24 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-60224 I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' when I was 12 years old and to this day it remains my favorite novel of all time. Atticus Finch is also my favorite character of all time. I credit this book with the inspiration that jump started my love for reading. Great post. I read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ when I was 12 years old and to this day it remains my favorite novel of all time. Atticus Finch is also my favorite character of all time. I credit this book with the inspiration that jump started my love for reading.

Great post.

]]> By: Instilling the Love of Reading | Dad Writings http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-58492 Instilling the Love of Reading | Dad Writings Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:15:13 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-58492 [...] on ZenHabits, Leo Babauta, wrote a wonderful post on instilling the love reading with our children or even [...] [...] on ZenHabits, Leo Babauta, wrote a wonderful post on instilling the love reading with our children or even [...]

]]> By: Nichole Parker http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-58276 Nichole Parker Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-58276 I agree with those who mentioned how important it is to be an example for children. Here's my personal anecdote: My husband knew from the start that his biggest competition for my time was my love of reading but he never really knew where that deeply-engrained love came from until we went to visit my parents. Coming out of international arrivals at Newark Airport we could see them from a distance before they could see us: both were deeply engrossed in reading a book. "Ah!" he said, "I see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!" I agree with those who mentioned how important it is to be an example for children. Here’s my personal anecdote:

My husband knew from the start that his biggest competition for my time was my love of reading but he never really knew where that deeply-engrained love came from until we went to visit my parents. Coming out of international arrivals at Newark Airport we could see them from a distance before they could see us: both were deeply engrossed in reading a book. “Ah!” he said, “I see the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!”

]]> By: mehmet gok http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-58189 mehmet gok Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:17:00 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-58189 Great post on an important topic. Thanks Leo. In my openion though, reading can not be compared to watching TV or playing video games. Reading is the single most beneficial skill available to humans. I want to open a discussion about the meaning of being literate. Tony Buzan in his "Speed Reading" states: "Can you remember by which method you were taught? Was it the phonic method, or the look-say method, or a combination of both? Once the child is able to recognise words and to read silently, it is generally assumed that he has learnt to read and is therefore literate. After this, very little further instruction is given, as it is believed that, once the skill of reading has been learnt, the child needs only to apply it. Nothing could be further from the truth, for what has in fact been taught is the very first stage of reading." In other words we learn to walk-read in school, there is also a run-read mode availble to anyone with proper training. It is critical to teach this to our children in this information age. My favorite reading quote: "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." ~ Mark Twain ~ Great post on an important topic. Thanks Leo.

In my openion though, reading can not be compared to watching TV or playing video games. Reading is the single most beneficial skill available to humans.

I want to open a discussion about the meaning of being literate. Tony Buzan in his “Speed Reading” states:

“Can you remember by which method you were taught? Was it the phonic method, or the look-say method, or a combination of both?

Once the child is able to recognise words and to read silently, it is generally assumed that he has learnt to read and is therefore literate. After this, very little further instruction is given, as it is believed that, once the skill of reading has been learnt, the child needs only to apply it.

Nothing could be further from the truth, for what has in fact been taught is the very first stage of reading.”

In other words we learn to walk-read in school, there is also a run-read mode availble to anyone with proper training. It is critical to teach this to our children in this information age.

My favorite reading quote:

“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”
~ Mark Twain ~

]]> By: Sunday Salon: Travel and Reading | aquatique.net http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-58181 Sunday Salon: Travel and Reading | aquatique.net Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:07:18 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-58181 [...] ZenHabits has a How to Instill Love of Reading for Your Child or Yourself [...] [...] ZenHabits has a How to Instill Love of Reading for Your Child or Yourself [...]

]]> By: Guffin Mopes http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-58145 Guffin Mopes Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:15:48 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-58145 I found a love of reading at a very young age and I was never really encouraged to do so. But you're absolutely right, the real key is finding a book you absolutely love to branch out from. I started at the age of nine reading books written by the great Mr. Dickens. Then the Dune series. And now I can't stop myself from reading multiple books at the same time. I found a love of reading at a very young age and I was never really encouraged to do so.

But you’re absolutely right, the real key is finding a book you absolutely love to branch out from. I started at the age of nine reading books written by the great Mr. Dickens.

Then the Dune series.

And now I can’t stop myself from reading multiple books at the same time.

]]> By: Solri http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/how-to-instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child-or-yourself/#comment-58131 Solri Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:16:51 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=2417#comment-58131 "This is not the TV of the past but the TV of the future where stories intrigue and interact with you." A very good point (which I've blogged about myself on occasion). There have always been a few intelligent TV fiction shows (anyone remember The Prisoner?), but most TV before the mid-80s was pretty linear and undemanding. Then we started getting puzzles, intertextuality and interweaving plotlines. You could stop watching Dynasty and pick it up months later without missing much, but you couldn't do that with Twin Peaks. And now, of course, with shows like Lost and Heroes, watching TV can be a real workout for the brain! “This is not the TV of the past but the TV of the future where stories intrigue and interact with you.”

A very good point (which I’ve blogged about myself on occasion). There have always been a few intelligent TV fiction shows (anyone remember The Prisoner?), but most TV before the mid-80s was pretty linear and undemanding. Then we started getting puzzles, intertextuality and interweaving plotlines. You could stop watching Dynasty and pick it up months later without missing much, but you couldn’t do that with Twin Peaks. And now, of course, with shows like Lost and Heroes, watching TV can be a real workout for the brain!

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