:D I think it's possible to nurture readers. As young parents, we were often to tired to do anything but sit on the couch, toddler on our laps, and read. Our kids figured out very quickly that when all other attempts to engage us failed, bringing us a book would always succeed.
There's also the quality of the delivery. When I used to volunteer at my kids' grade school, I was asked to read to my Daughter's class one day. (Lewis' LWW, as it happens.) At the end of the chapter one of her classmates said in an awed voice, "Wow, I see why K is such a good reader."
I think that, as much as any genetic predisposition, turned them into readers.
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Date: 2012-08-06 01:31 am (UTC)I think it's possible to nurture readers. As young parents, we were often to tired to do anything but sit on the couch, toddler on our laps, and read. Our kids figured out very quickly that when all other attempts to engage us failed, bringing us a book would always succeed.
There's also the quality of the delivery. When I used to volunteer at my kids' grade school, I was asked to read to my Daughter's class one day. (Lewis' LWW, as it happens.) At the end of the chapter one of her classmates said in an awed voice, "Wow, I see why K is such a good reader."
I think that, as much as any genetic predisposition, turned them into readers.