Barriers to developing reading skills

Busy lifestyles

Barriers are the obstacles which hold back the development of reading skills. Barriers can be:

busy lifestyles with sport and other leisure activities taking up all free time,
crowded school curricula with less time allocated to reading for pleasure, and
medical issues such as poor concentration, hearing and sight.

Time-out for reading

Woman

reading stories from a book to two children
We can overcome barriers by:

developing a reading culture at home by being a model for reading and allocating 'family time' for reading,
encourage reading a variety of formats and medias which may interest children such as graphic novels, mnagazines and author or book websites,
seeking advice from teachers and library staff as to which books to buy or borrow which encourage good reading habits, and
having regular medical check-ups.

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