[blparent] reading with children

[Tammy]

Hi,

My mom did the same thing when I was little, and we’ve done it with our kids since they were born.  Ashlyn gets read to, even now, and Colyn who is 6 looks forward to his bedtime stories and talks.  Remus would rather play with the book then look at the pictures or hear a story, so we rock and sing and if he’s in the mood we listen to a book on cd or other data device.  

Tammy

From: jan wright 
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 3:32 PM
To: blparent 
Subject: [blparent] reading with children

hi Debbie,
Reading and talking was a bedtime ritual in our house.
i had four active children and, if left  to their own devices would
play around at least 90minutes before settling down for bed.
So, i would accompany them upstairs and  we would talk and read to settle down.
I also had a child who had a bit of difficulty reading. We all read
together so that if there were any difficult words or challenging
subject matter, I would help them understand it.
Besides, some of the books were interesting. i admit it!
  We would talk: "do you know anyone like that? What do you think the
world would be like if...? What would you do if?"
It worked for us.
Jan

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