Five year old kids know the answer: read to them! Reading to a child enlarges his vocabulary, makes him deal with more complex sentences than those used in spoken language and develops a privileged relationship with both books and the reader. Reading to children teaches them to read. In his book 'Reads Like a Novel' Daniel Pennac with a stirring plea, advises teachers to read aloud to teenagers to make them love books. Finally, teaching speed reading techniques in schools, to students around the age of 10, would have a highly beneficial influence on reading habits.