Comments on: Read Together: Our Goals

By: Read Together 2009 Wrap-Up — Callapidder Days

Read Together 2009 Wrap-Up — Callapidder Days — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:01:47 +0000

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By: katney

katney — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:53:36 +0000

Oh, I love AWrinkle in Time. I may read it again with you. I hope C. likes it, too. My baby is 28 and ll my kids are three hours away, so this challenge just doesn’t work for me–LOL.

By: Trish @ Another Piece of the Puzzle

Trish @ Another Piece of the Puzzle — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:14:07 +0000

What great goals! My son is just turned seven, and I know I am often guilty of only reading to him at bedtime, with an occasional session another time. I’m excited about this challenge.

BTW, I’m still working on my Spring Reading Thing list but am definitely planning to join in.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:45:10 +0000

I teach fifth grade, and because our school was in need, our School Improvement Team designed and wrote grants to fund an afterschool reading program for at risk readers. The results, we’ve been doing it since October, have been phenomenal. Now we’re looking for ways to fund it for next year.

Most of the things we do in this program could be done by parents. Parents are wonderfully viligent about having their kids stay after for the program, but part of my heart wishes (and I know this is hard when you have more than one kid) the parents would just read more with their kids.

So I think what you’re doing is wonderful!

My son is 22, and my favorite memories include him in the crook of my arm with a book in our hands. He has become a lifelong reader, and I believe that can be counted, humbly, as my one parenting success.

Enjoy this time with C.! You are going to go beyond reading to making memories, and someday he’ll do the same with his kids.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:28:13 +0000

You know i wholeheartedly approve of his choice!! Will be interested to know his take on it. Kudos to you for making time to do this.

By: Christin

Christin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:53:24 +0000

Those are excellent goals and very reasonable! I look forward to hearing how it all went

By: Code Yellow MOm

Code Yellow MOm — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:00:51 +0000

I’ve never read A Wrinkle in Time. I’m going to have to add it to my list!

These are great goals – sometimes the greatest challenge is carving out that bit of time when reading together can happen. Good luck! Happy reading!

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:58:41 +0000

What an awesome challenge! I don’t have any children yet, but am going to be reading as soon as I become pregnant.
Have fun.

By: Lindsay @ bytesofmemory

Lindsay @ bytesofmemory — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:43:14 +0000

oo a very great challenge!! I am going to check it out more. Those are some good goals. I have a hard time reading to my son (almost 2) other than before nap or before bed because he moves around and doesnt want to sit still. I will have to make more of an effort to do that.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:50:59 +0000

As a mother, a grandmother, and an avid reader, I am smiling as I read this post. What a wonderful gift your are giving to your children: the love of reading. Good job!