Tip of the Day 6/16/11

A great practice to start in your home is a 30 minute reading time before bed each night.  Many of us are old enough to remember not having endless TV Channels and our parents telling us to "go read a book."  As our children were growing up we instituted the practice of a 30 minute reading time each evening.  The girls would get ready for bed, we would say goodnight, and they would read for 30 minutes before turning out their lights.  Of course many nights we had to remind them the 30 minutes was up.  I remember evenings we were home too late from an outing and they were not able to have their time.  They were always disappointed to not have the reading time.  We never had to argue about bedtime because they were anxious to get to their books.  All of our girls are still readers and are passing that love on to their children.  I have always loved reading and also spend at least 30 minutes most evenings reading before going to sleep.  Now that summer is here a great practice is each afternoon set aside a quiet reading time as well.  We can all benefit from that "siesta" in the afternoon.  What are you reading today?