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Small and Simple Things — The Best Kind of Goals
July 30th, 2007 | Posted in Life |
I was reflecting today on Avery’s love of reading. When Avery was a baby, Shannon and I had a goal of reading her 3 books a night before bed time. We thought it would be a good idea, and this goal turned into a habit and routine that we have kept up over the years, for the most part.
I’ve watched other parents put their children to bed in 5 minutes, not reading them anything. Now that we’ve been reading to Avery at bedtime for nearly six years, it’s unthinkable not to read to her. This small and simple goal has given Avery a love of reading. Little activities, magnified over time, can have great effects. I think these small, frequent goals are the best kind.
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August 21st, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Bedtime reading is a wonderful gift for parent and child. I love some of the books I discovered to read for my daughter and was amazed that she clung to the practice long after she was quite a good reader herself. In fact, I believe she was in eighth or ninth grade before we finally ended it! (And, trust me, it wasn’t because she was trying to please me…)
August 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Agreed. It certainly worked for me.. (he says, frantically trying to remember the last time he read a book!)
August 6th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
This simple things we do to our children will make them learn and help their development.
August 6th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Reading to our children will help in their development. This will also teach them to love and enjoy reading books.