Are you confused about the title of this post? I mean, wouldn't an author want people to read more than not? And yet, even I, who loves to read, has to get up and do other things sometimes. Like go out and work in my garden or sew or ... sigh ... do the dishes. This summer, my children are reading a lot. My daughter informed me she read over five hours in one day. And while I love that she reads so much, sometimes I need her to do other things. Like clean her room. Ha! But also, they're kids. They need to get up and move around sometimes. Go play and run and be silly. Or, if you're like my son, you could just do both at the same time. We're signed up for about four different reading plans this summer. One through the Pizza Hug BookIt! summer program. My kids love getting their own free pizza once a month just because they did what they love anyway. We're also keeping track of books to take the list to Barnes and Noble and get a free new one. Our library always has a summer reading program, so we're all logging days read for that to get fun prizes in a few months. And we're signed up for another program offered in Tennessee that allows kids an opportunity to earn a scholarship just by logging their hours read through the summer. We'll see if my children outread the others in their age group this year or not. They're definitely headed in the right direction.
And all that's great, but they also need to do other things. So, we go to the library, ride our bikes, do park trips sometimes, and find other fun things to occupy our time. I definitely don't want us to swing too far the other way and spend all our time in front of the TV. My other hardship with all this reading, though, is finding more books for the kids to read. Sometimes, you never know what a book has woven into the story, so I've joined some groups to help me find good ones and get ideas for others my children might enjoy that are safe. I can put a lot of them on hold through the library, which helps. How are you all spending your summer? Getting lots of good reading hours logged? Are you signed up for a summer reading program or two? Do you have to remind yourself to get up and do other things every now and then?
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