Reading is Fundamental has a great new article about “Summer Slide” (not the fun one).
It’s a two-sided blade:
Those who read over the summer GAIN reading skills,
Those who DON’T read over the summer lose reading skills.
There is no option of doing nothing and having nothing happen.
Not choosing, is a choice with consequences in this situation!
I just arrived home from Book Club and received the update about bedtime from my husband. We both had to laugh about the following story that took place while I was gone.
My son (age 6) was trying to decide what to read at bedtime tonight. My daughter (age 9) overheard her brother and said the following,
So we are not quite sure what is most amusing, the fact that she referred to herself in third person or that she used the word “literature”. Either way it is classic and I take it as a huge compliment.
The same daughter did not want me to go to Book Club tonight and was pretty sure that I should let her come so she could hear grown-ups talk about books. She has also decided that she should be allowed to have her own blog to review books. She declared that if I am going to read 100 books for a challenge, that she certainly will as well.
Amusing, but also endearing. This same child is the one I’ve written about in the past. The struggle to get her hooked reading a book in the past has been a sore spot for me. Fortunately we seem to have moved past that hurdle.
It’s certainly the nicest thing I’ve heard so far this week.
Griefwatch has a website that goes along with the book Tear Soup. It is definitely worth checking out. A video for Tear Soup was also just released.
http://www.griefwatch.com/tearsoup/youarethecook.htm
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