Re: On getting boys to read.....


Forgot to say something that is obvious to many, but not all. Namely,
what really matters in getting boys to read is having the FATHER do a
lot of the reading aloud when the boy is very young. Or some other
male relative or family friend. The reason for this is that boys who
are read to only by mothers and female teachers find it too easy to
conclude that reading is for girls and that it's unfair to expect boys
to enjoy reading to themselves. This can get aggravated if the boy's
male classmates tell him the same thing. So reading to boys even
after they're quite old enough to read on their own is only, you might
say, the icing on the cake.

But, of course, Ollestad's anecdote serves as a reminder that
sometimes the un-iced cake isn't nearly enough.

Lenona.
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