My daughter reads very well for her age. I worry that a lot of her books are really too easy for her. She loves to read though, so I’ve been thinking a lot about what to read with her. I came up with the idea of going to the library and picking up a bunch of kid books about a single topic. When I first mentioned this to her, she said “Maybe then you and I can be as smart as dad!” (Oh great!)
This is the first week we’re trying this out. The topic she chose was African animals. We’ve been having fun reading the books we chose. She was reading them by herself the other day and kept saying, “Mom, you have to know this RIGHT NOW!” I think this will be fun and we will both learn something. Hopefully some of the books will be a bit more challenging for her and she’ll have fun in the process.
(We’re reading them with Sam too, of course. It seems he’s learning to love books as much as the rest of us.)
