If you want your children to enjoy reading there are a few things you can to do encourage this.

• read books to them often
• read books yourself
• talk about the books your reading
• be excited about the stories
• OH! Read fun and interesting books, not boring ones

Many times children like to occupy themselves in a manner similar to how their parents do. If you spend time on your phone, watching television, or on a computer, odds are your child will also. But if you use spend your leisure time reading books or doing something with your hands (crafts/hobbies), your children will probably want to engage in the same kinds of activities.

I just realized that RAR talked about this recently. I believe you can read or listen to it here.

Books are a part of learning but should also be a part of leisure activities because they help the brain. If you are not reading some fiction for leisure, I recommend you start, even if only a little. Do check out the linked article about fiction and the brain; I found it quite interesting.

For the younger ones, here are links to the Read Aloud Revival picture book suggestions for September and October.

• https://readaloudrevival.com/picture-books-for-september/
• https://readaloudrevival.com/picture-books-for-october/

So, what have you been reading lately? My daughter and I just finished The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry and will be looking for the sequels at the library on our next visit. We’ll also be putting up a video on our Joyous Jabbers youtube channel where we talked about the book as we read it and then our thoughts afterwards. (It’s still in the making right now, so I can’t link it yet. )

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº