We are surrounded by technology all day long. As a bookworm, I pushed back hard against the rise of the e-reader. My sister and I stood in solidarity that we would NOT give up our hardcover and paperback books in favor of another screen. And yet, even we eventually fell and started reading on e-readers. (Even though we still read regular books more often than not). But with the rise of e-readers, tablets, and smartphones, there is the fear that kids are reading less, and becoming more addicted to screens. So I’m sharing my tips on how to raise a bookworm in the digital age.
Category Archives: Reading
Read Aloud Mistakes You May Be Making
While reading aloud to kids, there are a few things that can make your reading time more enjoyable and more beneficial. In addition to providing your kids with loving memories, reading aloud to them also gives you a chance to exhibit the strategies that good readers use. But sometimes it is easy to fall into simple read aloud mistakes. These are easy to fix, and will help you to get more out of your reading time!
How to Make Sight Words Fun
With school being closed for the remainder of the year, I am trying to find even more fun ways to get learning into our day without making my daughter feel overworked. We have recently begun working on sight words. So to get our practice in, I decided to come up with some fun ways to review them with her. This easy sight word practice can be adapted to whatever your kids are interested in and provide tons of fun learning opportunities.
When Should You Stop Reading to Your Kids?
When you think about reading to kids, most people picture a small child on the lap of a parent, sharing a simple board book or picture book. But is there a time when you should stop reading to kids? What age is too old to read to them, instead of them reading to themselves? The answer to this question is simple….
NEVER!
Do you remember when your parents stopped reading to you? How old were you? I actually don’t remember an exact time when my parents stopped reading bedtime stories to me and my sister. It makes me kind of sad to consider that the last night they read to us was a regular night. But the truth is, while our nightly ritual of reading together before bed may have changed, we never stopped reading to one another. Even now that I am an adult, when we are together, we still sometimes read interesting or funny things to each other.
7 Ways to Get Free or Cheap Books for Kids
Raising kids is expensive. So I am always looking for inexpensive ways to purchase the things that my daughter needs. As bookworms, we both devour books at a ridiculous rate, so it is important that I find ways to get cheap books for kids. Today I wanted to share 7 ways that I get inexpensive or free books for my growing bookworm.
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5 Tips for Reading with Kids
Reading aloud to kids has so many amazing benefits. But some people find it difficult to keep their kids engaged in their reading. These 5 tips for reading with kids will help you to keep your kids entertained and make reading time a favorite part of the day.
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The Best Books for a Family Library
I am often asked which books are the best for building a home library. There are so many amazing books out there, that narrowing it down to the “best” is nearly impossible! So I decided to share a list of our top 10 favorite books for a family library, as well as categories that I recommend filling.
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Please, Oh Please: Ignore Reading Levels!
The other day another mother told me something that I hear often, which always breaks my heart: “My bookworm son is starting to hate reading”. This absolutely crushes my book-loving soul. We got into a discussion about the way that reading is being handled at his school, and she repeated what I had heard so many times before. The dreaded reading log. This led me down a spiral of sadness and frustration that forced me to make this plea: please, oh please, oh PLEASE, Ignore reading levels!
Can U Save the Day?
Alphabet books are a fun way to get kids excited about reviewing letters and learning how they work together to form words. So I am always happy to find new creative children’s books about letters that help me to teach my daughter. Today we had the opportunity to check out a new story about consonants and vowels, and it inspired us to try some fun vowel activities for kids!
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The Trouble with Raising Bookworms
Are you the parent of a bookworm? I am a total bookworm, so I am obviously raising my daughter to be one as well. Snuggling up together with a good book is one of my favorite parts of the day. But raising a bookworm can have some interesting side effects on your life. So check out this list of signs you are raising bookworms and let me know if you can relate!
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