I'm so proud to share that both of my girls have been doing so well with reading lately. J is in kindergarten this year and is just starting to be able to read. The other night she even read her first book all by herself! She read Hop on Pop by Dr. Suess.
A few weeks ago I posted about some of my frustrations with home schooling because I just felt like things were just not clicking with J where reading was concerned. But all of the sudden things have started to click and she's doing very well!
Lately one of our favorite things is our bi-weekly trip to the local library. I think I end up choosing more books than the kids do! (Not books for myself, just kids books to read to them.)
H continues to enjoy her chapter books. Since September 1st she has read 37 chapter books! We've been keeping up with our list over their on the left and it's been fun to see all the great books we're reading. Our list is currently up to 101 books - our summer reading list only got to 48 so we're doing really well this fall! We'll have a total on December 1st and then we'll start a winter list.
Now as far as myself ... well, I'm slacking! Actually what I should say is I'm just so tired! I read every night before bed and some days for small amounts of time throughout the day. But I can't keep my eyes open for more than 15-20 minutes! Some nights when I read at bedtime I only make it through one or two pages before the book drops out of my hands and I realize that I should just give in and go to sleep. Today we laid down for quiet time and I thought it would be a great chance to catch up and maybe even finish my book - well I only got through about 20 min before dozing off! My current faves continue to be Karen Kingsbury books. I'm reading Sunset right now - the completion of the Baxter family series. It's so good. I'm kinda sad that there will be no more Baxter family books!
Well, that's about all for now ... so what are you reading?
2 comments:
Kathy,
I am behind on my reading too. I am finishing up the Left Behind series so I am almost done The Remnant, and then wait for Book Barn to get in the next one... and then I have the very last one Glorious Return I think or something like that. Then I hope to start reading some Karen Kingsbury book, been awhile. Do you know she is on Facebook and its really her? Look at my kids list and you will find her if you are interested...
Got any suggestion for reading on her books?
OH yeah I want to read the Multiple Blessing by the Gosselings (Jon and Kate plus 8) too...
Did you hear that Karen Kingsbury will be keeping a blog with updates on the Baxter family? LOL! It's hard for her to let them go too.
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