I have always wanted to be a mom that reads each day to their kids. It is harder than you think because to do this you have to be self-less. You have to value reading to your kids more than you value watching tv, reading your own book, talking on the phone, or dare I say it “working” on the computer. Kids love to be read to. Every night we read a bible story from our favorite bible, The Jesus Storybook Bible, and the kids love that, but I want to read more than just at night.
Last year we read Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little and the kids loved it. We always watch the movie afterwards, which is lots of fun for them. I found Cayden finding things that were different in the movie and that made me happy. We recently began Mary Poppins and I think I'm enjoying that as much or more than the kids! They haven't seen this movie, so it'll be fun to compare the book and the movie as well.
Today I checked out HONEY FOR A CHILD'S HEART from the library. I have been wanting to read this book since we had our first child. Yeap that was 6 years ago! It is a great encouragement for parents to start reading to their kids, or continue if you already do. I loved it. I flipped through the whole thing today and read the stuff I wanted to read. Finally I made it to the back where she lists all the good books you should read. Oh I loved it! I added tons of them to my Goodreads site and will check them out as we venture to the library each week. (Just an FYI – there is an iphone app for goodreads too!) There are so many books, that I will for sure need to buy this book for my own library so we can check off books as we read. What fun!
Tonight we'll dive back into Mary Poppins and next week we'll be getting new library books! I love it! What are you reading to your kids right now?
No kids to read to, yet, but I’ve always loved the book “Mandy” by Julie (Andrews) Edwards. I’ve read it every year since childhood, and it always brings back so many good memories!
We read The Jesus Storybook Bible, too. (I think we’re on our third time through – love it!). We also just started reading 100 Cupboards together at night. Our boys are 7 & 9, and they like it. You’re right that reading to your kids requires you to be self-less & I totally get the “working” on the computer part! We don’t make it every night, but we try to read 4 or 5 nights a week.
We homeschool so we wind up reading aloud a LOT each day. It’s a struggle to get books for the little guys in on a rgular basis, though. I think it helps if I try to pin booktime onto another regular activity – like, we always read a picture book before nap and after snack in the afternoon. That way – at *least* we get a couple snuggly booktimes in.
Trumpet of the Swan is my all-time favorite E.B. White book, by the way – better even than C’s Web 🙂
just thought of a few:
-because of winn dixie
-mouse and the motorcycle
-indian in the cupboard
-judy moody and stink series (so dang funny)
-geronimo stilton- your boys will LOVE these, great pics and fun writing
-magic tree house series
thats all ms bishop has to offer today.
your kids LOVED reading mary poppins on sunday night! it kept tripping me up though because the book is so different from the movie i’ve always known. 🙂
STaci – i added them all to my goodreads account!!! yippee!
They will LOVE Mary Poppins!!!! It is my kids favorite, right now!