Sometimes it is so difficult to grab my kids in the middle of playing and have them sit and listen to me read. I love to read to them! Even the teens! Who doesn't love to be read to? I don't insist that they remain still or anything like that, but they can't be watching a YouTube show or playing Minecraft while I'm reading!
So I realized I had a captive audience in my two youngest, aged 8 and 10, when they were in the bathtub. I started grabbing books to read to them in the tub and they loved it! Here are some books we read this winter, and I think this activity fits in with the Brave Writer lifestyle:
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| Don't worry; my toilet was very clean ... we have been entertaining a lot so we clean the bathrooms often |
Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant (I love this one because there are 5 penguins, just like I have at my house, and they are having fun in the snow!)
Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan by Cynthia Rylant (level 2 ready-to-read book)
Mama, Do You Love Me? by by Barbara Joosse
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (we have the postage stamps with artwork from this book!)
The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid (this one inspired me to go buy buttons and a box at the local collectibles shop!)
Also, you have to check out this book: The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids. I just got it and carry it around in my purse, devouring a page or two here and there when I can. It will change your homeschool and honestly make you a more peaceful and confident homeschooler!
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