Installing A Love of Reading in Children | #reading #books #children
While a love of reading has been tossed aside in favor of videos games, bringing back a love of books isn’t impossible. While some kids might scorn the idea of reading, once they’re introduced to the magic of Hogwarts and the lure of fighting monsters with Percy Jackson, they won’t look back. The important thing is to find books based on your child’s interests. Getting active kids to read can be a challenge, but starting them off with comic books is a good place to begin. And for a next step up, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and…
You’ve got it all wrong, Hawk! | #books #reading #readingrocks
Hawk is participating in the Reading Rocks program at school. Basically, they have one month (?) to read 50 books. Each time he reads a book, he has to log it with the date, title, and who read it. The program is designed to get the kiddos interested in reading by themselves and with family members. Last night, I was sitting on the couch, reading The Cat in the Hat to Hawk. I could tell that he was getting a little antsy, like he'd rather be doing something else. I was right in the middle of the Cat bring in…
The Computer Teacher from the Black Lagoon Review | #readingrocks
I'm not sure if it's all schools or just Barbers Hill, but Hawk has this thing called "Reading Rocks", and they have to read 50 books in a certain amount of time to be able to go to a "Reading Rocks" party. It's designed to get kids used to, and enjoy, reading books with their family members. This time, we dropped the ball. Even though Hawk has read numerous books in the last couple of months, we haven't really thought about writing them down. It wasn't until the night before last that we realized that he only had like eight…