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Readers are Leaders!
Give your children one of most precious gifts of all -- the love of reading.
After all, Usborne Books make finding out FUN! Put the real world into
their hands...
Ten Reasons why reading
to your children every day will help them become leaders:
- Because when you hold them and give them this attention, they know you
love them.
- Because reading to them will encourage them to become readers for life.
- Because children's books today are so good, they are even fun for adults.
- Because illustrations in children's books often rank among the best,
giving children a life long feeling for good art.
- Because books are one way of passing on your values.
- Because books will enable your child's imagination to soar.
- Because until they learn to read themselves, they will think you are
magic.
- Because for that short space of time they will stay clean and quiet.
- Because if you do, they may let you read in peace.
- Because every teacher and librarian they encounter will thank you.
(courtesy of the Childrens Librarians of LMX)
Need some more ideas on how to raise a leader? Read this:
How to Raise a Bookworm
- Make regular trips to the library. Help each child acquire their very own
library card. Keep a special place at home especially for library books, so
they are easy to find on the due date!
- Set up a bookshelf in your child’s room or in a corner of another room to
keep their own books.
- Play Scrabble and Boggle and other word games.
- Model yourself as a reader. Curl up with a good book today.
- Remember the TV has an off button too. Discuss TV programs with your
child.
- Give books as gifts for Birthdays, Christmas and other holidays.
- Keep lots of drawing and craft materials readily available for the budding
author/artist.
- Plan a trip together -- read maps and travel brochures etc. Have your
child keep a diary of the trip.
- Read aloud alot and encourage quiet alone reading time every day.
- Discuss the books you and your child read. "Would you like to live during
those times?" "Would you have chosen him as a friend?" "How do you think she
felt when...?" "What would you have done?"
- Provide an unlimited amount of reading material... Magazines, newspapers,
comic books, Usborne books, encyclopaedias, story books etc.
Just in case you haven't had enough lists... here are
Twenty Good Reasons Why Books Make the Best
Presents:
- Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.
- Books don’t need batteries.
- Books never come in the wrong colour or size.
- Books don’t need to be serviced by a dealer.
- Books don’t need spare parts.
- Books are easier to gift wrap than footballs.
- Books don’t bite, scratch or kick.
- Books don’t need watering or fertilizing.
- Books don’t irritate your allergies.
- Books don’t go out of style.
- Books look good with any decor.
- Books don’t get aphids or draw ants.
- Books don’t bark or need to be walked in the middle of the night.
- Books don’t shrink, stretch or fade.
- Books don’t need extension cords.
- Books won’t scratch the coffee table.
- Books don’t get stale before they arrive.
- Books never need ironing.
- Books don’t have zippers that break.
- When you are finished with a book, it is not empty.
You can call me toll-free!
1-866-332-8022 -- we'll talk!
or (250) 832-7126
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"To
laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false
friends;
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is the meaning of success."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mary Scheidegger
Supervisor/Independent Consultant
1-866-332-8022
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