Reading opens minds

Everyone has heard it before: Want your child to succeed in life? Read to your kids.

It's true. My children are avid readers and when they open a book they enter a new world every time. Right ow I am reading The Chronicles of Narnia to my oldest child. We are currently on book 6 of 7... The Silver Chair. My oldest loves books like these, Series i mean. To her, it's like watching the characters grow with every book. After we are done the Narnia Series we will start on The Golden Compass series. She is eager to start The Golden Compass because of the movie that was made of it not to long ago. We have a rule though, if a book has been made into a movie, then you must read the book first. The movie is a treat for finishing the book. So you can see the characters and compare the visualizations that you have been making the whole book to what you see on the screen.

My youngest child loves her books. we have many Sandra Boyton books and we have come to find out that she has recently memorized most of the words to one or two of the books. Why? because we read them to her, because she loves to know all about them. By the way, she's only 2 1/2 years old.

By reading to your child, you create a love of reading and a love of imagination, because without one, you do not have the other.

So stop what you are doing, right now and pick up a childhood favorite, nestle down into the covers of your child's bed and begin the adventure TOGETHER.. and watch your child's life become amazing.