Reading Time

Georgia loves to read. She has accumulated quite the collection of books for herself. We keep a list of the books she reads each month, and she also sets a goal for herself. At the end of the month, we usually give her a small prize in recognition of her reading acheivements. Usually it's a new book. She's also involved in the Book It program from Pizza Hut, and receives coupons for free pizzas at the end of each month. (Though we haven't used any yet.) http://www.bookitprogram.com/

She's also visited the websites of her favorite authors. There, she can read biographies on the writers, check out other books they have written, or take quizzes on the ones she has read. She's even written to one of them to tell them how much she loved their books.

Today, she made an account at Book Adventure. (http://www.bookadventure.org/) She took some quizzes on books she has read and earned points for each quiz where she scored 9/10 or better. She loved it! After accumulating points, she'll be able to choose a prize from them. Their choices in prizes included a free book, a magazine subscription, or a candy bar.

For Christmas, she received thirty books from Jeanne Betancourt's Pony Pals series. She's already read five of them. I love that she loves to read. She is constantly adding to her vocabulary as she learns new words from reading. She also loves to make her own books, too. Her desk is full of her stories.

I hope Olivia will be as enthusiastic about reading as her sister! Her attention span is a little shorter than Georgia's. Sitting still too long is not her thing. This may be an age thing....or just her. We'll see. But for now we will continue to have reading time at night, cuddling together as we take turns reading from our selected books. Aaaah.....books!!!!