>I think that what works (may work, because there are other factors) is the
>behavioural *demonstration that books are important - valued the presence
of
>books, the use of and reference to books without fuss
>
>and what doesn't work is the insistence that books are important: that's
the
>way to turn children off anything
Hi Lawrence,
When my daughter became mobile we removed a floor level cupboard door and
stocked the shelves with all sorts of books (mostly second hand) for her.
She could choose a book for us to read to her, she could scrawl in the pages
with her crayons, rip out pages and reassemble them into a book of her own
making, whatever she wished. They were her books, it was her bookshelf. It
wasn't long before certain books became well cared for favorites even as
others suffered her creative endeavors.
We did the same thing for our son when he came along. Both grew up with a
regard for books.
cheers
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