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Reading Is Fun!

by Summer Minor

reading to kidsDid you know that November 12-18th is National Children’s Book Week? I didn’t either, luckily I saw Michelle’s post over at Scribbit about it. The post also shares some great ideas for encouraging reading in children. It is definately worth reading, especially if you worry that your children aren’t interested in reading. Spending time curled up enjoying books is the perfect way to share reading with your kids. But adding a few fun adventures along the way helps too.

There is a common joke among homeschoolers about books. “You know you’re a homeschooling family when you have to walk around the book piles in your house.” I know that here it is true. Books are piled up everywhere. We love books and love reading, and because I share my own love of books with my children they learn that reading is fun.

To celebrate this important week I am going to share a favorite children’s book each day. One that we love and read often. Hopefully they will be ones you might not of heard of before and you will be inspired to pick them up. I want you to share your favorite children’s books too! Let me know what books you love dearly. To tempt you into sharing even more I am going to choose one person who comments during that week to win a book of their choice. I won’t give away more than that now, but I hope you will come back and leave lots of comments all week!

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Posted in Contests, General, Literature Based on November 6th, 2007

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5 Responses to “Reading Is Fun!”

  1. Activities Coordinator Says:
    November 6th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    I’ve decided to let my readers tell you what books they love.
    The Butterfly (almost 11 year old, female) loves Meet The Austins, A Christmas Carol, any Nancy Drew Mystery, American Girl Stories and Anne of Green Gables.

    The Tiger (9 year old male) loves Captain Underpants, The Magic School Bus and writing his own comics.

    The Salamander (almost 14 year old male) loves The Hobbit, The Eragon series and Fahrenheit 457.

  2. » Yes, Just Anyone Can Homeschool I Think Therefore I Blog: Homeschooling While Staying Sane Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    [...] moved from prepackaged curricula to mostly doing our own thing. Like many homeschoolers, we have hundreds of books laying around, so I pretty much put together our lesson plans using those and a handful of online sites each [...]

  3. Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » Tell Me About Your Favorite Children’s Books! Says:
    November 11th, 2007 at 6:46 am

    [...] when I mentioned that November 12-18 is National Children’s Book Week? And remember how I mentioned that there would be a prize? Well here are the [...]

  4. Riley Says:
    November 11th, 2007 at 8:31 pm

    I’ve always been a fan of the Chronicles of Narnia and the Roald Dahl books.

  5. Carnival of Family Life: Now Showing at a Blog Near You « All Rileyed Up Says:
    August 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    [...] presents Reading Is Fun! posted at Mom Is [...]

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