Not that my boys need any encouragement to read, they both love books almost as much as their Mama does, but I have decided to jump on board with Waterstones Reading Resolutions for Children this year as, how could I not? Waterstones are encouraging reading for pleasure in children, including reading aloud to younger children, which is the category that my boys fall into.
Using Books Are My Bag's Book of the Month, I am going to buy/borrow the book for Bear, we are going to read it, and then use it to shape some activities based on the themes of the book.
January's book is Waiting for Froggo by Alice Courtley which I bought for Bear, and we cuddled up together and read. A lovely, simplistic story about patience. Which, I now plan to create some activities around to tie in.
I plan to do this each month, plus the numerous other books that we read together, and we are doing book reviews for some of the longer picture books, or for the ones that we are using for more, like these books of the month. I am trying to encourage Bear to recall what he has read in his own words, rather than two or three reads in when he just starts parroting it back to me. His memory and recall are amazing, paired with the pictures he can usually retell a story after a few reads but I'm attempting to encourage a summary rather than a retelling.
I am never going to complain though, while ever they have a natural love for reading, and if at any point, I find that pushing him is hurting that passion, I will be backing off.
I will put up a post each month with the book of the month and the activities that we find ourselves getting up to, until then, I'd love to hear your reading resolutions, for both you and your little readers!
Book Dragon :)
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