Award-winning author Matt de la Peña talks about the importance of students following their curiosity, especially if they haven’t found books that hold their interest yet.
Years of teaching has shown Miller that reading logs don’t motivate kids to read. Reading motivation really comes from connecting kids with books they love.
Walton Hamilton says that it only takes one really successful, thrilling, joyful, wonderful, losing of one’s self in the magic reading experience to captivate that child’s imagination.