I’m not an ‘arts & crafts’ kind of person and I’ll admit I don’t do a lot of playing with my boys with their toys. But one thing that has always been important to me is reading. I’ve always read to the boys. It’s been part of our bedtime routine (this has been somewhat derailed with moving, having a baby, and Christmas, but we’re getting back into it now).
I absolutely LOVE reading to my boys. Since when my oldest was born, I was anticipating a time when I could read my favourite book to him, The Lord of the Rings. We finished that book a couple of months ago. Now I’m looking forward to reading it to my younger boy.  We’re continuing with other books, only now my oldest and I can share the reading – he reads a chapter to me, I read a chapter to him. We both love fantasy so now we’re reading through Eragon and we’re both enjoying it.  We watched the movie “The Secret of Nimh” a couple of weeks ago and my younger boy really liked the movie, so I’m reading the the book to him. It’s so much fun. I love seeing them getting into the story and watching the anticipation in their faces as I read to them. I love drama and so try to bring the characters to life using different voices.
Our whole family reads. I am thoroughly enjoying the extra time to read now that I’m on maternity leave. I’ve even joined a book club through my church.  My husband reads mostly non-fiction, but he’s always reading something. It’s awesome to see a passion for reading in my oldest son. He goes to the library and brings back tons of books. It helps him relax and gives him alone time to himself. I think my younger boy will gain that same passion. He watches his older brother reading and says he can’t wait until he can read like his brother. And now I have a baby girl. I’ll be able to read some of my other favorite books that the boys won’t like, like Anne of Green Gables and The Blue Castle (both by L.M. Montgomery). I’m so looking forward to it.
I just love reading! I’m so glad my family loves it, too.
i have always been amazed at your boys passion for reading! at such a young age, he is such an intelligent little guy…although he’s not little anymore! but when we first met he was only 4 or so and he was reading books by 5 im sure!
I was never raised on books. my parents didn’t really read to us. I actually hated books….
School didn’t help this lack of passion it seemed in my case. I am really starting from scratch. When I became a parent, I would read self help books, christian ones, but would never actually finish a whole book.
my drive to learn to be a better parent, my passion to learn about homeschooling broke through all that and I really like reading now…but mostly only for informations sake.
I read to my kids all the time now, the library is our second home. we have an average of 50 items out at a time and switching them up every second week. My hope is that I can change things with my children. I want them to love books in a society that’s shoving them out with video games, tv, computers….etc.
Who are your favorite authors? what do YOU suggest I read to Noah in our one on one time? I’ve never read for fun, but I want my kids to…..