How to make literature attractive for school kids 

A common complaint of most parents now is that children simply refuse to ready. It’s not an age-specific crib. Apparently, all children, from pre-school to high school, want to fiddle with the smartphone and not read a book. As a result, they are not exposed to literature, and this creates a major learning gap for them.  

How can you bridge this gap? How can you get your child to enjoy literature, when they won’t even pick up a book? Here are our practical tips to help you through.  

Limit screen time for the family and put in some reading time 
Before talking to the children, review your own actions. Are the parents always on the mobile and hunched over a computer? Perhaps you are doing it to cope with work pressure, but your kid will follow your example, and claim that playing PUBG is equally important as your office meeting. Start reading a bit every day, and make sure everyone in the family follow suit. When you limit screen time and put in reading time, it needs to follow a daily routine and apply to all.  

Share your reading experience and encourage kids to do the same  
Share your thoughts on literature with kids. You could tell them the story, share what you felt when you read poetry for the first time, or even tell them about amazing true facts you discovered while reading non-fiction. Encourage your children to share their thoughts with you, and with friends. They can extend this on social media too. In the process, they will discover that literature is a socialising tool, quit the opposite of the picture of a bespectacled introvert who keeps the nose dipped in a book.  

Get back the tradition of bedtime stories  
No one is too young or too old for a story. You can read from a book, from Kindle, or even narrate from memory, but start telling stories to your kids at bedtime. If you feel your teen is too old for it, choose another time slot, perhaps at the dinner table or at tea time. Encourage them to narrate too. It will start a family tradition worth keeping for generations.  

Introduce kids to audio books  
Literature need not be book bound. Audio books are enjoyable, do not require reading skills, and really attractive to a generation used to audio visual formats. They are the best way to introduce kids to literature, and then get them to start exploring for themselves.