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!
I posted this on Facebook!
I tweeted!
Our family LOVES to read, we have acquired so many books that we now have three library’s in our house. This would so help my 4 year old with his reading skills. He always wants to do it himself. Thanks for the chance.
I love reading to my grandson, i’ve always been an avid reader and hoping to pass it on to him. He loves being read to and i love having him sit on my lap and we both enjoy the time we get to spend together. I’m hoping one day he’ll look back and remember those times.
And I posted the contest on Facebook!
I also subscribe to JCN via Google Reader…
We’ve been reading to Evan since he was an infant. Every night he gets a “night night” book before he goes to bed, and he’s always had at least 2 shelves full of books. He has his favorites memorized! In fact, he’s always the kiddo at preschool in the book corner “reading.” It’s an important part of our lives!
Take care…
Rena Lawrence
oooh we would love this!!!!
I’m following vtech on Twitter as @27lisa27.
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The kids and I pile into my bed together to read. Right now we’re reading a book from the Larry Boy series.
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