How to encourage my child to develop a love of reading

• Reading helps me learn new things. Find articles that you know they would be interested in and casually tell them about it, but then sound really excited about all of the cool new things you learn every day through reading.
• You may not have a lot of money but you can travel. Show them some beautiful vimeos of other cultures and countries. Explain that people can learn about the world around them through books. You don't even have to get on a plane or risk getting eaten by a snake in the jungle to become worldly.
• It can help me develop empathy. Sometimes you will find the words to describe how you feel through a good author. It may help you to understand yourself better, or how someone outside of your world feels. Learning how to understand the people around you give you more power to convey your ideas and form bonds.
• It fights alzheimer's and boosts your brain power. Those who who engage their brains through activities such as reading, chess, or puzzles could be 2.5 times less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who spend their down time on less stimulating activities.
• It can help me sleep. Screens like e-readers and tablets can actually keep you awake longer and even hurt your sleep. That applies to kids too: Fifty-four percent of children sleep near a small screen, and clock 20 fewer minutes of shut-eye on average because of it, according to research published in Pediatrics. 
• Point to useful things that they care about that reading helps add information to. It could be the instructions on the toy that they want. It could be information on their favorite animal when we're at the zoo. It can be signs to figure out how to get somewhere. It could be pointing at a text message from someone they know and explaining that this is how people talk. It could be the text over a funny video (oh you can't read this? it's so funny!).

• We will limit screen time by charging a Device Dollar every time they want to use it. There will be a limit on that time as well.
• We will ensure that there is no screen time after 7PM explaining how it can harm a person's ability to sleep.

• Buy books that you know other kids like such as Dr. Fart Powder, Learn to Read books that include characters they love from television, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter, etc.
• Set up a challenge to find one book at the library that they can say that they love. It helps them choose something of their own and makes it fun. Make the reward (with quiz!) something fun.
• Get them their own library card which will be one of the first ID and wallets they'll get. Make it sound like they're grown enough to get their own access to this place with all the cool things they can borrow.
• Download apps that can bridge the experience of reading with the interactive games they love. You can find a few on the KidCash videos page.
• I can read out loud to them more often. More than 40 percent of frequent readers ages six through 10 were read to out loud at home, but only 13 percent of those who did not read often for fun were. 
• Whenever I see my child choosing to read on their own, or reading faster, I will verbally praise it in the moment, call into my phone to remind me to reward this and repeat this message when awarding the bonus at allowance time.