97: 7 Dreadful Ways to Kill the Love of Reading

Today we are talking about the ways in which we kill the love of reading in our children and students. This episode is based on a very upsetting incident that occurred when I was reading with a group of fifth-graders recently. I hope you will join me.

The Seven Ways that We Unintentionally Destroy the Love of Reading for Children:

* Test Everything

* Eliminate Choice

* Use Reading as a Punishment

* Force Kids to Read

* Require Kids to Keep Reading Logs or Summaries

* Use Borning Programs

* Eliminate libraries

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Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. I’m adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix, and if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those. Click here for iTunes.

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