[MV=PY]

I raised our kids reading aloud together in bed for 1/2 hour before bed time, every night, without fail.

When they learned to read, I gave them the choice each night to read or listen. Most of the time they read, but if they were tired they’d let me read to them.

So important!

[Lizavetta]

When they learned to read, I gave them the choice each night to read or listen.

Once all my four became readers, here was the night time litany:

"Bed time!"
"Can we read?"
"Yes."

Extended their bedtime a half hour and helped them realize the joy of books.

I taught two out of four to read. It's not hard. It's simple, repetitive, and rote memorization. We were maybe 3/4 through the book and they "got it" and their reading took off. One of the best things I did as a mom.