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Spendless

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.  :(

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Sorry but pmsl re the neighbour. Sounds just like my gran

jaybee

One of the good things my mother did for me was to read to me. I think I learnt to read by recognising the words as she read them. Certainly I could read before I started school. So much so that when they were reading round the class I was pages ahead and never knew where they were when my turn came, so I think they thought I was slow!!!! Love books; love reading. I even read the back of the cornflakes packet!
Had a very troubled childhood (I realise now) and if I hadn't been able to escape into my books I really don't think I would have got through it all.

If you can read you can do anything!

Shame I didn't learn to type properly - hense all the modifying!!! :-/ :-/

16011996

well said jaybee. reading is so important. 10 mins a night can make a lifetime of difference.

mini

I think the attitude to reading is important, if i told my eldest she had to read every night she ould make us 20,631 reasons why she couldn't possibly read so I let her choose if she wants to read, sometimes I don't want to read &I didn't want her to see it as a chore, it has worked brilliantly she is an advanced reader for her age in infants but reading juniors bbooks, through her own choice & wanting to read. Some of her classmates "Have" to read everynight when they get home from school, they aren't as keen on reading. I also ban reading for bad behaviour (mean me).

Reading doesn't have to be a book, a child who doesn't read books may still be reading comics, on the internet reading about what interests them, non fiction books, all different words, all learning in some way

pinkchick_2

I have 3 year old and nearly 5 year old.... we read every night, I have read to them since they were babies and the eldest now has a reading book every week from school which we add to the night time read. I think its important to teach small children how to treat books, how to use them and of course what fun they can be. I make up stories with the children and their friends in and we write them out together. I am currently typing them up for Xmas presents for their friends. I know you can buy these personalised books, but from a money saving point of view its cheaper to make your own, I use photos of the kids and draw simple pictures around them they love it. love the idea of the family history book, gonna start that whilst my Nans still with us, shes got some fab stories to tell.

F1F1

Reading to your child is great as it's a bonding time for parent and child and will make your child interested in books and want to read for themselves. If it's a picture book, ask them questions. If they're sleepy, even the sound of your voice reading the story is soothing.

As for children reading, I used to write my kids notes from time to time which might be left in various places or on the kitchen table waiting for them when they got home from school. They were usually very curious to see what was in their letter/note.

Don't know if you still get it, but I used to put out alphabet potato pieces <Alphabites?> on the kids' plates spelling words. You couldn't stop them reading them! Or make magnetic letters on the fridge into words or phrases. Any reading is good - cereal packets, comics, magazines and of course books! The more children read, the better their language/writing will be as they get older!