Well rounded moms know kids need to read during the summer to engage their brains, imaginations and their love of learning. In our house we make reading a treat, for example the older kids can stay up as late as they want as long as they are reading. We often head to the library and come home with arms full of anything that looks interesting, then we keep the books out in the family room so that they are easily accessible. I love when I wake up in the morning and find my kids already reading or when one of my children surprises me at 10:30 at night, when I find them still up and reading. At night I like to read to my girls out loud, no matter how old you get having a story read to you is always fun, plus we build memories as we all try and guess the plot or decided whether to read another chapter or go to bed. To help keep their excitement up I read the stuff they are reading so we can chat about it! They all seem to like the intellectual chatter and one on one attention!
Some of the books we have read this summer:
The Goose Girl- mom to megan and alli
Amelia's Middle School Survival guide-megan
Where I live-alli
The Hunger Games-chris
A collection of Wayside School books-chris
Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies-mom to megan
It's Raining Cupcakes-alli
Percy Jackson series-mom and dad
Kira Kira-megan
Bob books- joe about a million times
Hope you are all enjoying your summer, What are you reading?
