Do you and your youngsters have bedtime story rituals? Is reading a story to young children or allowing them to read at bedtime a fun occasion in your family?
Some of my fondest childhood memories center around bedtime stories.  When we four children were very young, Mother read to us.  We piled on one another’s beds, alternating each evening, while she read chapters from Heidi, Robinson Crusoe, Little Women, and Tom Sawyer.
Then, often during the day, we might act out these stories.  I particularly recall our pretend jaunts around the Swiss Mountains as we visited Heidi, Peter, Clara and Grandfather.
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“But Dad, you skipped some of the story,” Beth admonished Jim, as they sat on the couch where he read to her while I got supper on the table.
Is this a familiar refrain in your home?  Your children want a story over and over.  If you try to leave out any words or phrases, or skip a page, they remind you immediately.  Sometimes you wonder why you’re doing this.
However, if they become readers themselves and develop a love of books and story, your time spent is very worthwhile.  Beth became an avid reader and still is as an adult.  She’s …read more

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We’ll travel “Around the World” this week, and will include some of more Olympics posts, too.  This continues our summer program of having a different theme each week and tying in with Camp Weary Parent.
Do you have a favorite country you’ve visited or like to read about?  What books about other countries interest you?

I loved reading Heidi by Johanna Spyri and learning about Switzerland when I was a child.  Actually, Mother read this to us four children as a bedtime story.  We’d pile on a different bed each night while she read a chapter. 

Then on rainy days, we might pretend we …read more