Sentence examples for Recreational reading from inspiring English sources
Recreational reading has changed for teens in an era of ebooks and laptops and hours spent online, but experts and media specialists say there are signs of promise despite busy lives and research findings that show traditional book reading is down.
"Wild About Reading," the summer program to encourage recreational reading among children of all ages, is under way through August in all 91 branches of the Los Angeles County Public Library system.
"So I never developed the fine art of recreational reading".
My interests are factual and my recreational reading consists mostly of science and livestock publications.
Teachers assign recreational reading books for students rather than selecting them together.
Maureen Wells, a recreational therapist, read about the benefits animals bring to patients and discovered Mandy at the Pasadena Humane Society.
McKenna et al. (1995) found no effects of ethnic group membership on recreational or academic reading attitudes based on data from children in grades 1 6 in the United States.
There is a need for further studies in other geographical locations and employing measures of sedentary behaviour that extend beyond TV viewing time, as older adults can spend substantial amounts of time sitting for transportation purposes as well as for other recreational purposes (eg, reading, socialising).
Recreational book reading looked stronger in a January study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which found more reading overall than the Maryland study.
Recreational items: Musical instruments, reading material, board games, playing cards, shovel for snow.
