Dads Reading
One of our goals at Book Dads is to promote the importance of dads reading to their kids. Besides posting reviews of great books for dads to share with their kids, we hope to use this space on this page to post links and tips to help dads spark a lifeline love of reading in their kids.
Scroll down for archives of the Dads Reading posts.
Here's some more excellent links and resources to check out as well:
* Books To Inspire Book-Loving Boys (Excellent list from Flashlight Worthy / @FLWBooks)
* Boys and Reading: Tips To Make Reading "Boy Friendly" (Good tips from The Literacy Toolbox / @LinksToLiteracy)
* Dads and Early Literacy (A PDF from Minnesota Fathers)
* Dads Reading To Children (From BYU's program, You Can Do This: An Approach To Raising Wonderful Children)
* Getting Boys To Read (Excellent site full of info to help getting boys to read / @MrMLibrarian)
* Guys Read (Site started by author, Jon Scieszka. Read our feature on them in our Reading Resources post)
* Please Help Me Find Something For My Kid To Read Besides 'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid'!! (Excellent post by Noelle on DadDoes.Com / @dandaddoes)
* Read Aloud Activities For Dad (Part of a whole series of informational articles related to dads reading with their kids on GreatDad.com)
* Reading Rockets: The Role Of Father's In Their Literacy Development (Reading Rockets is a must visit for anything literacy related)
* Reading Rockets: Top Tips For Engaging Dads (See above)
* Reading To Children (Good article from Dictionary of Dads)
* Scholastic's 2010 Kids & Family Reading Report (A must read if you have an interest in literacy, especially in it's relation to technology usage. Very interesting. Also points out the important role dads play as reading role models)
* Trelease On Reading (Tips, articles and much more from a legend in literacy: Jim Trelease)
* Why Reading Aloud To Your Children Is NOT Important (Excellent post from @ReadAloudDad)
Archive of Dads Reading posts on Book Dads:
Great idea! I think its a fantastic thing for dads to be involved with reading books to their kids - DAILY!
But, if you want to make this stick, the dads should also be involved in the book selection stage, buying books and taking kids to libraries. If the enthusiasm isn't there, this will be reflected in the reading.
It's not only the words, it's the delivery that matters as well. On my site you can find reviews of the best books that I read with my three year old twins. Some of them - you can't afford to miss.
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Thanks Read Aloud Dad!
I appreciate your comments and totally agree. I take my daughter to the library each week, twice actually and I think that's a great place to start.