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title: Designing Your Classroom Reading Area | Kaplan Early Learning Company
description: Learn how you can design your classroom reading area to better encourage children to read with this article from Kaplan Early Learning Company.
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# [Designing Your Classroom Reading Area | Kaplan Early Learning Company](https://blog.kaplanco.com/ii/designing-your-classroom-reading-area)

 Written by [Staff Writer](https://blog.kaplanco.com/author/staff-writer) | Oct 7, 2014 4:00:00 AM

How you set up your classroom reading area will ultimately affect how successful reading time is for your students. To help children become successful readers, your classroom reading area needs to be comfortable enough for children to get absorbed in reading. Whether you're planning on setting up a permanent classroom reading area or you would rather set up a temporary one when needed, there are three essential elements that go into designing an engaging classroom reading area:

1. **Book Storage that Encourages Children to Read**
   
    You probably have one or two bookcases that are stuffed full of books, but that isn't the best way to store books and reading materials if you want children to have easy access to them. Children can't see the covers of books that are crammed in a bookshelf, and they might spend more time looking for a book they want to read instead of actually reading. One way you can address this issue is to put some of the books you have in storage. This allows you to switch out books and keep your selection fresh throughout the school year. After you put some of your books in storage, you can go through and organize your bookshelves by subject, author, or category (fiction or nonfiction). Organizing your bookshelves will help children find a book they want to read faster and will also help them remember where they need to put their book back on the shelf.
   
   Once your bookshelves are better organized, you can start thinking about how you want to display books in your classroom reading area. If you go into the children's section of a library, the librarian has usually selected several books to display on various shelves and counters in the section. Incorporate this idea in your classroom reading area by choosing several books to display each week.

Be sure to browse our selection of [children's books](https://blog.kaplanco.com/shop/childrens-books) and related materials for ideas on items you can include in your classroom reading area.

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