Reading aloud as a family has been important to me. In the past it has sometimes fallen by the wayside of crazy schedules, general fatigue and my own forgetfulness. I decided to start the
Little House on the Prairie series with the boys with the goal of getting through the first two books before school starts. With the occasional help from grandma, we are making good progress and should finish
Little House in the Big Woods this week.
I learned something from this recent reading quest:
If it is a book that I enjoy, I am much more likely to read it to the boys.
It seems obvious, but I used to look for books that I thought they would like. Many of them didn’t interest me and it was hard to keep my reading momentum going.
For me it has been easier to get a family ritual of
reading to STICK if it is fun.
And now for some more
fun…
VTech is helping families make reading fun through the VReader and I am giving one away!
Yep. It is the
new VTech Animated VReader (your choice blue or pink) and a surprise book/game cartridge.
To enter:
- Leave a comment below about how your family reads together or ideas you have to encourage a family reading ritual.
- Additional entries (please leave a comment below for each):
THIS CONTEST WILL CLOSE WEDNESDAY JULY 14 at MIDNIGHT (CST).
So hurry and enter!
I will notify the winner on Thursday via email to obtain their mailing address to forward on to VTech who is sponsoring this giveaway.
Thanks VTech!
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We read together all day long. Look and find books, lift the flap books, silly books, classics, science books
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I read Highlights High Five magazine to my daughter. We go to the library and check out 10-12 books. I will sometimes read to her during the day and my husband reads to her before bedtime at night. I also download Tumble Books off the Arlington Public Library website and choose the books that I want to be read to her. These are books that are read by the computer and are animated. They are cool and my daughter loves watching them!
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Every single night I read to my daughter to assist in putting her to sleep. It works like a charm!
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