Parent Tips: How to Get Your Teen To Read More Often

• Let your teen have choice about what to read.
• Have conversations with your teen about what he/ she reads.
• Help your teen make connections with ideas and issues that are relevant to what he or she is reading.
• Provide a variety of reading material that interests your teen in your home.
• Encourage your teen to read to a younger sibling.
• Take time to visit the library with your teen to choose books and spend time reading.
• Provide space in your home for reading.
• Encourage your teen to write.
• Suggest books from movies that your teen enjoys.
• Listen to books on tape while riding in the car.
• Let your teen see you reading and make efforts to model good reading habits.
• If your teen is having difficulty with reading, seek help from his or her teachers.