tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post5798257754434783854..comments2024-03-28T06:13:46.092-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: A Passion For ReadingDena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-14339431941218914552013-03-21T13:09:38.153-05:002013-03-21T13:09:38.153-05:00I encourage a passion for reading in my nieces, ne...I encourage a passion for reading in my nieces, nephews, and students by first, showing that I have it. Second, by drawing their attention to books. I buy them as gifts to hand out. I also ask them for suggestions, instead of always telling them what to read. I take their suggestions seriously.LinWashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041832821260168483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-55936534000748926192013-03-21T10:03:18.776-05:002013-03-21T10:03:18.776-05:00Parents are definitely a big part of it. My paren...Parents are definitely a big part of it. My parents read to me before I could speak, and my dad kept up the "bedtime story" tradition (moving on to chapter books) even after I started reading for myself. Their love of reading definitely helped me develop my own.<br /><br />Just last night, I told my mom I'd been to the library after work.<br /><br />Mom: How many books did you get?<br />Me: 9 or 10, I think.<br />Mom: That's my girl!A. M. Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680290781463023921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-5864104633545312942013-03-20T14:48:33.054-05:002013-03-20T14:48:33.054-05:00I'm always looking for ways to encourage my ki...I'm always looking for ways to encourage my kids to read. It's hard sometimes, because they both prefer non-fiction, which seems rather... straight forward. <br /><br />They love to tell stories though! and that can be fun on a rainy day. <br /><br />I guess if they're reading at all, I'm happy.<br /><br />Great website! Love the storycraft videos. Toni Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713140116596669304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-54266597547458220372013-03-20T10:47:30.229-05:002013-03-20T10:47:30.229-05:00I think about this a lot, too. I have a couple bro...I think about this a lot, too. I have a couple brothers (older) who don't see the point to fiction. *blinks* Yeah, what do you do with that? I've pontificated on the importance of story to society, nay, to our very existence. I've told them when you don't get enough story in your life, your unconscious mind forces it on you while you sleep. Story is how we process our world, our own personal journeys. <br /><br />But they contend that they can just watch a 2-hour movie and get the same benefits. *throws hands up*<br /><br />But one of my brother's kids, my niece, is already an avid fiction-reader, which makes me all kinds of happy. I've just begun to buy her books for her collection (she likes mysteries). Nurturing a love for reading is one of the best things we can do for our kids, I think. It literally opens up the world to them. I thank God my parents succeeded in sharing their love of books with me. And I thank L.M. Montgomery, who wrote the Anne of Green Gables books and made me see how fun literature can be.Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.com