Some Tough Love At first, you might need to resort to some old-fashioned methods to get them to read the book. Let's say that you are teaching a class of high school students, and you need them to read a particular educational book. Tell the students that a major test is going to be given on the book at the end of the term, and it will count for a large percentage of their grade. Knowing their grade is at stake can be enough motivation to read, and they might find that they actually love reading in the process.
Pick Their Own While it can be a challenge to get kids interested in educational books, you can certainly take a softer approach too. Perhaps you are a parent who wants to get your child more interested in reading these types of books. Since you are not bound by state requirements or anything of that sort, take a few different educational books out of the library. Allow your child to select which one he or she would like to read. You are still requiring your child to read, but providing a choice makes it seem less daunting of a task.
At first, you might have thought that it would be simply impossible to get your children or students to read more educational books. Fortunately, after reviewing these tips, you see that it is more than possible. You just need to be a little bit creative in your methods, and you need to find subjects that interest the youngsters!
Author Pam Johnson is a teacher who is always encouraging children to read. She is also a contributing writer for the Master of Education Degree Guide