I’ve found one of the best ways to foster learning is to have my children retell a story to me as best as they can. This is a Charlotte Mason idea, and it really helps me to gain insight into how each child learns.

My son is a voracious reader - just like me! His current favorites are “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” the “Bionicle” books, “Ready Freddy,” anything having to do with “Star Wars” etc.

My daughter is just starting to read. She, too, likes “Skippy Jon Jones”, “Dora the Explorer” any of the “Dr. Seuss” books “Clifford” and so many others.

I think the best way to foster an interest in reading with your children is to let them see you read. I read all the time, my husband reads too. When they could write their name, I took them to the library to get their own library cards.

Our PTC at the Kindergarten Center purchases and gives each child in the school (this year 840 students!) a brand new, age appropriate book that is their’s to keep and take home. For many of our students, this may be the first book of their very own that they have received.