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!
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Reading is a huge part of our family time. My older boys are reading more on their own, but still love to crawl up on the bed when I read to little man or read to them on their own. This would be PERFECT for Reed!!
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We read 2-3 stories every night as a family. The girls pick the stories. My girls and I also go to the library once a week to get new stories to read. I love reading and I hope my girls will really love it someday too. Thank you for this giveaway.
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We read together every evening just about, or I try to get in a half hour of it during the day. Now that both boys can read fairly well, we take turns reading to everyone else
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