Summer Time

Summer is upon us and vacations are looming on the horizon! The kids are out of school and in your hair. What to do? What to do? Doors are slamming back and forth, the refrigerator is constantly opening and closing. Music is blaring from every room and every light is on. Every room with a television is blaring with MTV while no one in particular is watching nor listening. Little kids are bickering and hollering over small things and this is just the first day of summer! Can you survive the rest of it?

Take a trip to library for a little peace and quiet. You can take all the kids or just a few, you can take all the neighborhood kids and then take turns with their mother the next trip! Many libraries offer summer fun reading for the entire family. They offer good books to choose from and many fun programs from teenagers to preschoolers. Toddlers can even be involved with your help. Moms and dads can become involved reading bedtime stories. Let the little ones pick their own books and when they want them read over and over, do it. They love it. Think back to your childhood and think of your favorite books. Mine was Stuart Little. This tiny mousy guy living in the big family fascinated me. My mother gave me the book when I was only eight.

This great Internet site gives ideas about library manners and library courtesy. Help your children learn to read and help them learn there is more to the summer than just the TV or their Nintendo sets. Let their imagination soar with books. Reading is one of the gifts we give ourselves and one gift of joy that we can give to our children! It can make us feel happy, feel better about ourselves, or just add pure joy to our lives to get away from it all with our nose in a good book. Let your children come alive with good books. Try this web site it's great also just to get a list of good books for all ages.

Moms (and dads) take time for youselves and sit down, pick up a book and begin reading. If your children see you reading and enjoying it, it will give them an idea that reading can be fun and not just something their teacher's make them do!

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