This The Distracted Child: an Infographic gives more tips on how to encourage reading in the 21st century.
My kids love to read.
We work hard to read with our children each night starting in babyhood.
The Distracted Child: an Infographic.
Tips and Tools to Get Children Refocused on the Written Word
We live in a fast-paced and modern world.
Children today are exposed to so many stimuli, and have so many ways to consume both entertainment and knowledge.
In a world with so many distractions. how do we keep children focused on reading?
Reading is in Decline
Across the board, Americans do not read as much, or as well, as they have in the past. 48% of American adults read literature for pleasure.
For the young it is even lower, only 33% of college seniors read for pleasure.
Over the past decade, the percentage of Americans who read the newpaper dropped from 41% to 23%.
Additionally, 43% of American adults read at or below “Basic” level. Roughly 93 million people!
The number of high school seniors who read “proficiently” has been declining since 1992.
Worse still, SAT reading scores are currently the lowest in 4 decades.
In conclusion, we are far from done outlining the problems we have.
So dig in and read through this The Distracted Child: an Infographic for an in depth look at the problems we face.
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I used to love reading, but don’t often find the time to do it as often these days. I do love reading to my kids, and so far they love reading themselves. My daughter is likely in the middle of at least three books, right now. 🙂
I love reading and always have, it has always been my passion reading and writing short stories and poems… I make sure I always have the little ones full attention, in this house you have to earn points to watch tv or play on the computer or anything else but reading is always free 🙂 we even a few that can’t fully read on there own pretend to loll but yes, they are not dumb or stupid from the previous generation its because there are too many items in life to choose from, that is why it is up to us as parents ans women to take the negatives away….
I really enjoyed this article and you are so right. My young grandkids are at that age and it is sometimes a struggle to get them to sit long enough. It is a shame in this day and age that people do not know how to read
I learned how to read at age 4 in Filipino and English languages. My mom showed me that reading is something that can be both entertaining and educational. It’s just sad that because of the modern technology, more people are becoming uninterested in reading. I have a 2-year old boy here. I read to him everyday. Even if he’s not showing any interest, I still do it because I know that It’ll do something good to him one day