June 4, 2013

  • Reading is fun..

    bookkidsscary  So, my oldest is coming into town this weekend and long story, she has an issue with reading. As in she doesn't wanna do it. I've sent her books in the past and even given her a deal that if she reads a certain amount of books in a year and gave me a paragraph about the book that I would personally get her an IPad..but nope, no effort there. She's even telling her Daddy that she won't even read for own Mom let alone her Stepmom...so yeah, I have numerous books sitting here waiting for her..She may not like me much by the end of vaca because there is going to be a half an hour of reading a time a day..either before bed or sometime in the afternoon.

     

    I remember myself going through a phase of not wanting to read and my Mom snapped me out of it and once I learned to love it...well, that was it. I even finished my Senior year book project about a month before everyone else in class and while everyone else was reading their books in class I was doing my Math or History homework. I actually got into trouble once because I was caught with a math book during reading time in English- I handed over my journal and once my teacher found out I was done and not lying about the fact I was done..well then, she didn't care anymore..

     

    If there's one thing I hope to get through to this child over the summer is that reading can be fun and it can be an escape. The IPad is a wonderful tool for reading especially hence why I will buy her one once she completes her project of a certain number of books. Seeing as how her Dad is a writter it just doesn't add up that she doesn't like to read or write...Its maddening to me to say the least. Each one of the girls will have their own little set of goals for six weeks and I can tell you now that her biggest thing to overcome right now is this reading/writing thing..If its not nipped now she'll end up having a ton more issues in High school which I know is coming. I still see her as a little girl and now she's pretty much a teenager..oh, how kids grow up and quickly at that.

     

    For a certain point in time in High school I was borrowing my Mom's sci-fi books. It started out with "Jurrassic park" and grew from there and even on certain days I'd come home and find a new book on my bed and that was always exciting for me because it was something new to read. I really hope that one day my oldest can get that type of joy outta books..but, well..she's not here until this weekend so we'll see if I can get through to her.