How to Ecourage Preschoolers to Read!
Here is a great example of how to lure a child into reading. In the tent is soft pillows, stuffies to read to and cuddle, and tons of books. Making this space cozy helps the children to feel safe and secure. It promotes quiet voices, relaxing, and sharing.
Other Library area ideas are:
Making a fridge box into a bat cave or castle or cottage, use the theme you have to pull in what you could make the library into. Such as if you are Reading the 3 little bears have the box become the cottage that the bears live in.
Put several large bean bags in the area with book shelves and baskets of books.
Use pillows and blankets, an old pea pod chair.
Leave clothes pins and light blankets in the library and have a few clothes lines running through where they could make a fort to read in.
The ideas are endless. It is just important to make them comfortable and excited about reading.
What I wouldn't have given to retreat to such places to read when I was small-- fabulous ideas!
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