Recently reading around here has slowed down.
The little ones have been busy with many crafts & games, the rain stopped & there was time for outside play,
Mama has been knitting, and there has been less time for stories.
We all missed it a lot, so now there is a new “rule”.
Every evening we pick out ten books to read the next day.
If we want to read more, that’s great, but not less.
The books are a mix of german and english books, long and short, with pictures and without.
It already had a great effect on our days, and even though it still feels a bit strange having a rule to follow, it really is helping us.
Do you have anything like this?
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February 8th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
I think that’s such a great idea.
We may wind up doing something similar – thank you for the inspiration! We have daily snuggle time. That means no mommy distractions – just snuggling up and being together doing whatever the kids want to do that will fit in a snuggle, for at least 20 minutes. We snuggle other times too, watching TV or reading books, but sometimes its just good to be.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
It’s a nice idea – I would love to feel up to reading aloud again.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
i can’t think of anything like that that we have in place, but i’m wondering what i could come up with that would serve us all!! i like your idea of books that must be read. hmmmmmm, i might copy you and do that.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:12 am
Up you planted a seed – we may have to do that. Good idea.
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February 10th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
What a good idea, thanks!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
I really like this idea. My girls always reach for the same few books to be read again and again. That would help us get through some of the others. Perhaps some we’ve never read at all.