Fast forward 2009: Our grandson Caleb spent last calendar year with us. He's 2-3 years behind in reading. Sees not any reason why he or anybody in addition would need to read, must less Would like to read. Anything beyond short abbreviated text messages is clearly a waste of time and BORING.
Unfortunately, from his perspective, the Denver colorado Public Schools think middle school children should read... every night. They suggest 30 minutes. Caleb's teacher and I agreed of which maybe in Caleb's case 30 minutes was extreme so we concluded on 15 minutes and he would choose the books.
He balked. He whined. He cajoled. I won on the situation I would set the kitchen timer for 15 minutes. He certainly wasn't going to be "scammed" and accidentally read for 16 minutes!
After the first two nights of this reading plan, he announced that he might die from all this reading. I reassured him that nobody had each died from reading. Then asked just what would help? He suggested that I ought to read with him at the very same time in the same room. We agreed. While he read his e book, I would read the newspaper which I hadn't gotten around to earlier within the day.
Now I'm guessing he thought it wouldn't work. That I, too, mightiness worry about death caused by reading once I tried it. Never crossed his mind that someone, his own Grandmother for example, might actually Get pleasure from reading.
After a couple of nights of this, he / she asked "Grandma, are you really reading the paper or are you just pretending you just read it?" To which I answered, "Of course I'm reading it. Why would you even have to ask?" And that he says, "Grandma, you're weird."
Sadly in Denver and around america, lots of kids agree with Caleb and lots of them are usually a couple years behind in reading... or maybe more.
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