Yesterday, I met Amelia for lunch and then we went to St. Joseph's for their award ceremony and Halloween program. Bryce Eleanor was to receive an award for reading, but she didn't know that. She asked her mother if she was coming to see the program, and Amelia said she wasn't sure if she could make it. Since B.E. didn't know about the award, she was satisfied.
Of course, her proud mama, couldn't have been more delighted to know that the award was for reading and wouldn't have missed it. Ellie, the blonde with the Pokemon, got first place and Bryce Eleanor got second place -- best friends and top readers for the entire second grade!
:) And a proud grandma couldn't resist getting a picture with an award winner.
Happy Halloween!
Great post. I give my favorite trick or treaters a book every year. I don't know if they read them or not, but I sure hope so. I grew up reading constantly...an escape from a bad childhood. Our library was in a big old mansion. I spent a lot of time there. My grands always ask why my vocabulary is so large and my spelling is so good and I always reply because I read. When they were young I couldn't get them to read too many books so I bought them magazines on subjects of their interest. Today, if they can find it on the phone, they'll read it, but at least they CAN read it.
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:) What a great idea for your favorite trick or treaters! I'm stealing it! Next year, I'm buying books for kids I love. Whether books or magazines or graphic novels--all are good. Fiction or nonfiction, doesn't matter.
DeleteOne of my earliest memories is my mother reading a Classics Illustrated comic book of Silas Marner to me. Every time, we got to the picture of the mother dying in the snow, I broke down and cried. But then! When Silas comes home and finds Eppie, her golden hair shining in the firelight, I knew things would work out. Poor Mother--I made her read it over and over and cried every time.
I do like that last statement. It goes through for both reading and stitching - "just one more..."!
ReplyDelete:) Rachel, I embroidered several little patches last year about reading and so combined both embroidery and reading quotes together.
DeleteOh my goodness! I love so many of these ideas....and that's just in the comments section! B.E. and Ellie seem like perfect friends. My best friend was also a reader, which really encouraged us both since we discussed everything we read. These two have no idea how much their book talks help their reading. Such a fun post!
ReplyDeleteAs a child, none of my friends were readers. I was the only one with my nose in a book.
DeleteIt was in high school and college that I discovered the fun of sharing books and conversations about them. My best friend (of well over half my life) and I are not often attracted to the same kind of fiction. That, too, makes for interesting conversations! On the other hand, in nonfiction, we seem to have so many interests in common. Good friends can expand and deepen reading interests, can't they?
I agree with Rachel that stitching and reading are the two most perfect ways to spend a day - every day!! I have always read -- and it makes me sad that many children don't do so today. An hour with a book is one of the very, very best hours I'll have each day.
ReplyDeleteTrue--books and stitching are perfect ways to spend time! I can't imagine not reading--it would be a long, long day without reading!
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