We haven't done a ton yet this year seeing that it has just started, but we did institute a new family practice. We are going to start reading at the dinner table. Our kids take forever to finish their meals. Peter reads a bible story and then I read a story. I read some of the
Jungle Book this evening. I will continue reading this until it is done. I haven't made an entire list for the year for family reading, but I have started making a list for myself. I have started
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for now. This year I am starting out small. I want to complete 20 books. Stating this for all to see I hope will help me to keep to it. I need to do make a goal for family reading. I want it to be reasonable so I don't get discouraged. I guess 10 books would be reasonable. Now I just need to figure out what all they should be. Both Peter and I like the idea of reading classics. And I would like to add some poetry into the mix.
I am bravely going to take on reading The Closing of the American Mind, but I have been warned that it may take more than a year to complete. I also would love to read some more C.S. Lewis, and not the fiction. I also want to finish Celebration of Discipline. That's about as far as I have gotten. I should put some real thought into this.
I suppose I have just made a resolution, it seems more hopeful, not as much like a sentence as resolutions tend to be. If anybody has any ideas I would love to hear them.
2 comments:
Love the reading idea!! Cole likes the idea as well.
We try to read in the evening as a family, but it's more hit and miss than I'd like. I think we'll try to start the Chronicles of Narnia this year, but I'm not sure if the littler ones will be interested. We read "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" a couple of months ago and all the kids liked it. We also read "The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks" (a favorite of mine from childhood) a while back and that was a hit with all ages, too. Let me know if you hit on something good because my 4 are about the same age as your 4. :-)
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