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16011996

mm, my eldest hates reading all of a sudden, but i keep finding magazines/comics under his bed. its all words, and it all helps in my book.

Spendless

just an idea- in my family we have an exercise book that my great-gran started she tells details of her grans life then her mums, then her own, and is now with her daughter (my gran) for her to tell her own story.
My great gran was a teenager during WW1 and my gran a teenager in WW2 so makes for interesting reading, and hope one day will encourage love of reading and history in my own kids.

16011996

thats a wonderful idea. i don't have any family left on my mums side to start it, but i could and pass it on. thanks spendless, i really love that idea.

Spendless

Doesn't ness have to be same side of family all way thru and doesn't even have to start that far back.
My 1st full-time job was in mining village in 80s and from my desk remember watching the striking miners march past.
If you live in older property, elderly neighbours also good source of info- lady near me has lived in house since they were built in the 1930s by manufacturing company she and her hubby worked for - she had to give up her job once she married as the company didn't allow married women to work then.

16011996

thanks spendless, will have a good think about how to go about it.

jockettuk

our school do a golden time booklet that comes home with the school book.. its signed every time my daughter reads to me for at least 20 mins and when its signed 20 times she gets golden time at school ... thats mainly on a friday afternoon and the child gets to pick what they want to do .. ie play a game watch a video go ourside and play .. do painting, theres a whole list of things they want to do and she loves to read to me so she can have her golden time lol ...she is 9 and now into novels but also loves to read her comics to me as we go through all the little quizes they do in them..

KK

I am an avid reader, and come from a family of avid readers. My husband is dyslexic, but still reads happily now (OK, mostly catalogues and the paper). We have books everywhere at home, and my little girl, now 4 has been exposed to books since she was weeks old. We always used to read in bed in the morning before we got up, and most evenings, my husband or I read to her at least one book. I'm hoping she will pick up on my love of reading. She has lots of books at home to choose from (some of which were mine as a child!) and I'm really looking forward to her learning to read at school (she has just started reception). I think early exposure to books can only help reading, and it helped me learning to spell as a child. I see books as a huge part of my life and you can learn about anything from a book. Best resource: the local library!

16011996

as a bit of an update, been meaning to tell you for a while, but keep forgetting, my eldest has taken to reading the middle one a bed time story, and the middle one reads youngest one, so they are getting plenty of practise in, and it helps me tremendously. the youngest is on with flash cards, and doing quite well, and its nice they are spending those few minutes together at night, and i get to wash up while it all goes on.

MATH

What a perfect picture of family life that sounds. I can almost hear strains of the Walton's music coming through. ;D You must be well proud of your kidz 160

16011996

What a perfect picture of family life that sounds. I can almost hear strains of the Walton's music coming through. ;D You must be well proud of your kidz 160

lol, if you have seen eldest two the other night fighting with a rolling pin and wooden spoon, you know its more like the osbournes than the waltons sometimes. been told by an elderly neighbour i remind her of a fish wife.

but yes, my kids are good on the whole, and they do do a lot for me, and for themselves, i just hope it lasts through the teenage years.