I grew up in a home that encouraged reading and we have done the same for our children. We are constantly buying them new books, on any subject we think they will love and for every holiday. Every night is ended with a couple of stories, our boys who are in elementary school, are now reading several pages to us.
Sometimes it is a battle when they are learning to read, they are required to read to us frequently from books they bring from the school. They get tired of being pushed with their reading skills. Yet, we keep pushing them further and we do see them progress.
Nothing makes me smile wider when I see them pick up a book to read, on their own. A nice and rarely heard silence enters the room, nothing but the sounds of the pages turning.
Kathleen cannot read yet but she too will pick up a book and quietly browse through the pages, looking at all the pictures. With the holiday season upon us, my kids have been reading every Christmas story book from their library.
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