Summer Reading:
• Join a parent-child book club. Kathy Doyle Thomas, executive director of Half Price Books, said kids can be more motivated to read when a parent reads the same book with them.
• Magazine subscriptions for kids: They're easy to read and niche-specific for whatever the child's interests.
• Compromise: Allow kids to stay up 15 minutes later each night - but only if they're reading.
• Be a role model: If you want your kid to read, model the behavior in your own life.
• Keep reading material in high-traffic areas: Doyle Thomas keeps books and magazines in a wicker basket by the couch, instead of on the bookshelf or stacked in a bedroom. Keep a basket of books in the car - for yourself and your children.
• Involve books on road trips. Involve kids by getting them a fiction or nonfiction book based on the location of travel. Or, bring along audio books. You may have to wrestle their iPod away, however, if you plan to listen as a family.