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!
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!
My boys and I read books (almost) every night before bed. Each of them gets to pick a book, we all sit together and read. Then I tuck them into bed and tell them a story – they pick the subject and I make up a story about it. Sometimes one of them will ask if THEY can tell the story. I love listening to their creative little minds.
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We read every day before a bedtime whether it’s naptime or nightly bedtime. But we also read during the day. Sometimes it’s fun to bring books with us on a picnic, or bring some to the top of the fort to read, or just huddle under a homemade tent in the living room with a big stack of books.
We have reading time every day this summer. My oldest is enjoying reading to his youngest brother, so I let him…good times for them together!
We found a series that the whole family enjoys reading together (Magic Tree House series). We read a chapter or two before bedtime. Because we all enjoy the storyline and the books are well-written, it is a win/win for the entire family.
There are some books that I just cannot tolerate reading aloud (mainly because they are not written well) and those always mysteriously end up in the back shelf of the closet 🙂