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By: Joanne | March 02, 2010 | Category: Home and Family

Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat with text reading "Read Across America Day, an NEA Project"What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?  I love The Cat in the Hat with its moss-covered three-handled family gredunza. I love to recite the “Tweetle Beetle Bottle Puddle Paddle Battle Muddle” in Fox in Socks just as fast as I can. The Lorax, The Sneeches, Green Eggs and Ham…I could go on and on.

Reading children’s books is a fun part of having kids, and today is Read Across America Day. Read Across America, sponsored by the National Education Association, is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss.

The research is clear: children who are read to, and who read for pleasure, are more successful in school than children who do not. Reading is a wonderful way to spend fun time with any child, and reading gives a child the gift of lifetime learning. So get in touch with your favorite children's books of the past and discover some new treasures with a child. Read to a kid today.

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Entry bubble Summer Reading for Kids

By: Joanne | July 21, 2009 | Category: Home and Family

Group of people with children (6-7) and teenagers (16-17) reading, covering faces with booksEven though it's summertime and school is out, that doesn’t mean that all learning has to come to a halt. I’m a believer in summer vacation as a time to have loads of fun, loaf around a bit, and get into some unstructured learning. We grownups tend to overlook it, but all sorts of interesting things are growing and crawling around the yard to explore.

Summer is also a great time to read. I’m not talking about textbooks (unless you’re into that kind of thing). Reading with your little kids and encouraging the big ones to read, opens whole new worlds of imagination and discovery.

We read to our kids every day, and this summer my 8-year-old reads to me every day. We also participate in summer reading activities at our local library – I bet your library has programs too.

Even though she’s a good reader, I still read to my 8-year-old at bed time when she’s sleepy. Now we’re reading Shel Silverstein’s “Falling Up.” Shel Silverstein is one of my favorite authors. I think his books are a fun and imaginative way to introduce kids to poetry…and I love to read them too. What are your favorites? What do your kids love to read?

Maybe your kid is ready to work on writing and illustrating his/her own book. Why not? Maybe you’ve got a great author living under your own roof.

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