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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Children's Librarian here.

You "make it fun" by it not being a chore.  Let the kids check out books!  Limit the number of books checked out, if you must, but having kids go to the library for mandatory sit and read time - and then not bring the books home - is very anti-fun.

The absolute quietest time in my household of raucous children is the hour after we get home from our family library trips.  They are all excited about the books they picked out and immediately want to read.  Sometimes they don't even make it to a couch, but sprawl in the entry way - so eager to start looking at their books.  And my children are not natural readers.[/quote]

OP, do you read to your children?  If you do not, then there is your first task. It is wonderful to read to children and they love it. They love snuggling with their parents, listening to our voices, hearing the stories and the rhymes and the familiar words over and over again. At your children’s ages, my children loved being read to and we did it all the way up until they were in middle school!

Consider reading chapter books to them as well. EB White wrote wonderful books for children, and my kids loved all of them. My Father’s Dragon is an excellent read aloud, as is Mr. Popper’s Penguins.  Leave them with a cliffhanger each evening! That will get your first grader reading for sure.[/quote]

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