While reading is something that our children should engaged in, it must be a forced exercise. It must be a fun activity, something that you enjoy doing.

Indeed, inside the classroom, teaching children how to read is tasking. For this, instruction techniques have been developed to aid in this task. Among these method, we have balanced literacy which was proven to be effective. Under this balanced reading and independent reading. This helps the children discover a way to enjoy reading.

At home. It is important that children see their parents reading. This helps reinforce in them an interest in the activity especially for younger children, reading doesn’t have to be confused to books. Parents can have them read from milk cartons, labels and the like. Reading with them fifteen minutes before bedtime is a good exercise that can help them pique their interest.

Remember in todays world, we are faced with so many things that compete our children attention in reading. Television, computers, malls are but a few modern day marvels that keep our children away from reading books.

It is time, therefore for teachers to enhance their teaching methods to arouse their pupils interest in reading.

Make the pupil realize that the written world is fascinating, it informs. It educates and it entertains.

By: Dina T. Santos | Teacher II | Orani National High School | Orani, Bataan