Skip to main content

Passing On A Love Of Books And Reading


One of our goals as parents was to help our children to become good readers.  We had several main reasons which are:

1. We are big readers and know the pleasure of well written books.

2. It is my belief, that if you can read well, you can teach yourself anything.

This desire to pass along a love of reading is extended to my grandchildren.  We encourage a love of reading/books by reading to them, and buying them their own books.

I have books here at the Cottage, that are just for them, even the toddlers.  Klaire loves to get these books out everytime she's here.  She also gets into my books, but it is a training process - "Not those books, these are YOUR books!"

I got a few cute photos of her yesterday.



Have you seen these Baby Lit books?










                                                              source


They are really cute, I bought Klaire and Isla, Pride and Prejudice and Little Women.  Lindsay found cute sets of them for the girls at Christmas.



We still buy our adult children books, too!  They always have books on their lists of ideas for Christmas gifts and birthdays. I hope you buy your children and grandchildren books. A love of books and reading is an gift that keeps on giving for a lifetime.

This post first appeared on my personal blog Creekside Cottage.

Labels

Labels:

Comments

  1. Cheryl April 20, 2018 at 9:45 AM

    I love these photos of your little book-loving granddaughter!! Yes, I have seen that series of board books featuring classic literature! Aren't they great?! Kristin often gives them with baby shower/new baby gifts.

    ReplyDelete
  2. bj August 30, 2018 at 1:16 PM

    Yes, my children loved to read when they were little, too...my girl, now almost 50, still reads a lot...son still loves books even tho he hasn't much time to enjoy it.
    When my grands came along, I bought books for them as well... I want to give books for Christmas for 3 of the Great-Grands..2 boys aged 3 and a girly girl aged 9.....any suggestions on some good ones for these ages?
    Your little grand is just adorable....

    ReplyDelete
  3. bj November 26, 2018 at 9:10 AM

    Our daughter loved reading and still does. Son isn't much of a reader but does enjoy some books. Like his dad, he doesn't like fiction very much...wants true stories.

    ReplyDelete
  4. A Joyful CottageMay 14, 2019 at 5:12 PM

    We are all big readers in our family. I agree that when you can read you can teach yourself anything. I'm not familiar with the Baby Lit books. What a wonderful idea! Hugs, Nancy

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for your visit and for leaving a comment. I hope you find encouragement here.

Popular posts from this blog

Here Is What We Are Doing For School This Year

We've been on summer break since May 11th.  Monday we will start a new year of learning.  Kyle will be in 7th, Sarah in 10th, and Kamryn, my granddaughter will do some days with us and some days at her home.  She is in 1st grade. We've had a good summer, did some swimming, the kids played Ultimate every Wednesday, and some of us took a trip to California for a family wedding.  Summer flew by, didn't it? We've continued to learn this summer, mostly reading, with a bit of math.  We are ready to get back to a schedule.  I always look forward to a new year. This year we are doing American History.  We use a lot of historical fiction, biographies, extra books like 'A is for Abigail,' by Lynn Cheney.  I have a big gap in ages with having my granddaughter doing history with us, so those books suited to her age will be read with just her, but otherwise we will be altogether for history.   I like to do a bit of 'morning time.' ...
2 comments
Read more

Day 180

By law in Pennsylvania we have to do 180 days of school each year.  We could count hours, but that would be harder to track for us, so we count days. Today is day 180 of our 22 year of homeschooling! We have four science lessons to finish up, and the kids will keep reading and doing math, but we've finished the required days for this school year. Its been an interesting year. We studied the Medieval time period, learned European geography, read a lot of books, Sarah has enjoyed pre-algebra (she does not normally like math), she took an online course through Hillsdale College.  Kyle has improved in his note taking, is doing well in math, loves science (we are finishing up Anatomy and Physiology). We all enjoyed being back at our co-op this year. I have a long term perspective on my children's learning.  I know that if they are struggling with a subject, that by the end of the year, they will have made progress.  The tears of earlier months will be long go...
3 comments
Read more