Read Read Read Tweets of the Day (5/26/12)

One of the Dine tribes. We're related.

Even if the weather is great outside--reading time is important for all of us. Taking a quiet minute or twenty to go elsewhere while staying home, or at the park, restaurant or back deck. Summer chores will wait. Grab an iced tea and develop more brain synapses--even you, Grandma! 

 

One book that I'm planning on reading was a Mother's Day gift from one of my progeny who knows what I like to read, history. 

Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne. About the Comanches.

 

And you know kids love to read!

 

Here are some suggestions that will be good for homeschoolers, summer schoolers, and parents on a mission.

  

18 Ways to Encourage Students to Read This Summer by Norene Wiesen

 http://www.scilearn.com/blog/ways-to-encourage-students-to-read-this-summer.php

Bet she's with Anne with an 'e' in Nova Scotia

 Trips to the library should be a ritual. A fun, 'Wow, can we go NOW?' kind of experience. Check to see if your local library has a fun program for the kids. Once we won a trip to Raging Waters, a water park in SoCal, during a summer reading program in our little rural desert town. Talk about being rewarded for being a reader!

The true rewards are the new friends (characters), adventures, and satisfaction of curiosity.

Julius Caesar crossing the Rhine--the coolest

Use the kids' enormous curiosity to drive the summer reading. 

One book leads to five more--sports, dinosours, how to play the guitar, sew a summer bag, play soccer, hair styles. Learning more about Kobe, or Adele, or the Chivas. Maybe a nice book about bugs. Going to the library and being free to make a selection is a tremendous intellectual gift for kids. Thousands of doors open--maybe to a career or lifelong interest. Besides, finding out how Julius Caesar crossed the Rhine is just so darn COOL!

Scholastic has a Global Literacy Campaign, grown-ups can sign up for. Especially if you need a million reasons to read all listed in a nice orderly manner. There's lots of good deals, etc., too.

I'm getting to the good part.

 http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/facts.htm

Here are some lists for various age and grade levels:

 Recommended Reading

http://www.education.com/seasonal/summer-reading/?cid=90. 

 Enjoy reading with your kids--what a gift for all involved.

Oh yeah, baby. Read Read Read. Go Wisconsin Go!