Many Homeschoolers are Delayed Readers Too Inside: Ways to inspire your late reader. {Plus free cheatsheet} Don’t Panic if Your Kids Cannot Read Yet! Just keep reading to them. Leave them hanging in stories. Grab an exciting book and suddenly have to “Stop Reading” at an extremely exciting part. Talk to them about the books you are reading. Listen to audiobooks in the car. Give them access to books, lots and lots of books. Gather books that are below their reading level and have them “hanging around”. You, mom, pick up children’s literature and read silently to yourself. Let your kids see you reading kid’s books, grown-up books, funny books, well, any books. Help them see that a good book is fun. I have had 5 reluctant readers myself. Five. I chose not to panic about it, but to follow my own advice. Our youngest was the most reluctant yet. He didn’t begin reading until he was ten. Yes, TEN. I always read aloud to him and kept giving him the opportunity to read, but it never “clicked”. One day, that all changed. I was walking all over our home looking for him one day. He was silent… I was shocked to stumble over him reading quietly in a corner while snuggling with the dog. Did I say I was shocked? I knew it would eventually happen, but I was still shocked when it did. He fell in love with the Magic Tree House Series. As a matter of fact, he has read a whole book every day since the day I took this picture. Amazing! Do you have a reluctant reader? Keep reading to them. Supply them with lots of books. Visit the library. Often. Leave ’em hanging in a story. Just never give up. They will read. Never make it a negative, reading is fun. The only thing that matters is THAT they learn to read. Preview of the Heart of Homeschooling God’s Way Master Class. We need to STOP measuring success by grades, achievements, awards, and worksheets. Enroll in the sneak peek class here.