Is asking a 10 year frail to read for 2 hours day by day an unreasonable request?
my nine yr old loves to read and i hold to pry her from her room sometimes. but the norm is about 30-40 minutes for their age. so i think 2 hours is a bit much . also if you forse her too much she might end up hate to read. hasve her read when your sending her off to bed after her bathj or other routine you might have set up. it helps them unwind from a long daytime. its better than trying to get her to read during the day when all the fun stuff is up especially for summer break. also encourage her by letting her pick books at the stores she might be interested in and also read with her on occassions . youll be surprised that even at this age they miss that time they used to hold with you when they where littler . ill read close to the first chapter and let her take it from there. i solely do this about 2 times a week but we do get to bond and its great. also if you read alot too she will catch on to that and know its essential.
It depends on how you are going about it; breaking it up into four thirty minute sessions would be acceptable, but asking a ten year old to sit still for two hours is masses times a disaster. I would sit and read for hours on end without being asked at that age (and younger) but I loved reading. A kid who doesn't close to it so much is going to self-destruct.
2 hours is quite a long time to expect a 10 year old child to stay focused on one thing. Reading should be a fun experience and forcing a child to read excessively, is solely going to cause him to hate and dread reading.
I would get him a few books that he really requests to read. Take him to the library or the book store and allow him to choose some books he likes.
If you want to get in as much reading as possible, be sure you break up the time through the daytime. Possibly 20 minutes in the morning, 30 in the afternoon, and 30 before bed.
Make reading a appropriate experience, join him and have him read the book to you. You can also set up a reward chart or get him involved within one of the summer library programs that have children read a book and then tell the librarian nearly it. At the end of the program they usually get a reward, and after each book they bring a small prize(stickers, etc).
If you wish to foster a love of reading, forced 2 hours of reading is excessive. Make the reading fun. Read together. Read the book approaching a play and each of you take a character or two. Go to the library together to pick out books that he would relish reading. We're reading the book "Frindle" as a family and it's very fun! Don't make reading a chore, brand it fun and make him want to read, don't force it. Source(s): mom of 2
Nope. I am ten years old and I read 4-6 hours a sunshine.
depends on the child. I have 10 year old twins . One will read for 5 hours a light of day. His sister hates reading and only does it if the teacher wishes it. I am not going to force her to read as she is actually a good reader. She just doesn't close to to do it and forcing her will make her hate it. I am hoping one day she will cram to love reading like her brother and me but if I forced her I know that day would never come.
YES!! As a kid, I loved to read and was never seen short a book, and I'm still like that today. However, even at 10 years old with my love of reading, I never read for two hours straight. I don't feel I read for two hours straight even now, and I'm 21!
That's a really long time for a 10 year old kid who usually just desires to play. They also might associate it with school, which is something a kid wants to achieve away from during the summer (and it might make them not want to read during the school year as well).
I think adjectives you'll end up doing is making your child resent reading, which is an idea that breaks my heart! Reading is something amazing that all kids should love, and not be forced into. If you surface you must do it, make it just 20 or 30 minutes a day, especially since it's summer- come on, hand over the kid some time to have summer fun!
Not if this child perform other acts of entertaiinment for 2 hours straight without complaint, ie: watching tv or playing video games. There's nothing wrong next to that. I mean, if the child is easily bored with ANYTHING after an hour and you know that after you might want to break it down into maybe 2 hours DAILY, 30 minute periods, at least. IDK, you of late have to do what works for both parent and child.
2 hours? To be honest that is a bit much, at least make it 45 minutes. They are kids, consent to them enjoy life. You only receive to be a kid once.
it depends most kids associate reading with school and immediaeatly put it down u need to construct them understand its not work i personaly have bee reading chapter books since the fith grade i have all the harry potter books read in the 5th grade okay the ones that were out u hav eprobably caused to much damage to the childs sensitive of reading to reverse it but u should trie making them understand its not a chore make it somthing to look forward to
TWO HOURS?? Children do not have such an attention span..and if you try to force it on them, they might become lethargic altogether. At that age, children are naturally incredibly vibrant and should be allowed to indulge in as much physical activity as possible. Remember the golden rule: it doesn't matter how long you study, but singular how much you study. There's a difference between the two; cover a topic/problem sheet/chapter, not a stretch of time. But certainly, 2 hours daily is too much for a 10 year old. At age 15 is when you should engineer them study for that long, which they will in order to finish their homework.
VERY unreasonable and a bad impression. You will make the kid HATE reading. You dont want it make it a horrible "chore". I'd ask for 20-30 minutes during the summer of something they like.
No I don't think that it is an unreasonable request. I did a great deal of reading in the summer, and was able to link a book club, and one summer, I managed to read about 25 books. This builds literacy skills for the children.
no but you might want to have it 1 hour surrounded by the morning and the other in the evening.
don't forget to keep up with other conservatory work.
That is extremely unreasonable!! You should let her read about 30 or 40 minutes a day!
Thats a long time. my kids are younger though. I would say maybe a hour. We also do summer skill workbooks. They have them adjectives the way to like 6-7 grade I believe.
Yes, That is 1/12 of the light of day 9hr sleeping +2hr for reading 1hr 1/2 for eating gives her only 12 +1/2 hr to do what she requests. cut it down to maybe 20 or 30 minutes a day.
I read that much but I enjoy reading. Don't make them read at all during the summer if they don't want to.
I have an 11year old specifically in the 12th grade reading level. It will appropriate her less than 2 hours to read one book. But I think that is excessive if they don't resembling to read. My 9 year old does not like to read and I did not work with her as much when she be younger (having her read k through 3rd grade book to me). So she is a little behind. Before my kids dance to bed I have them read 15 to 30 minutes. Sometimes I have my 10 year old read to me within bed. It feels neat when I do that. It makes me defrost.
no i used to have to do that too every summer.
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