I
love this quote! (I know, I am a little “quote” crazy at the moment - forgive me.) But
doesn’t it say it all?
Last blog post touched on the importance and worth of reading, and the joy of becoming a lifelong reader, but how do we get our kids on that path?
Reading to your child from an early age is most definitely the first step.
It is one of the most wonderful ways
to develop positive attitudes to reading. And I believe there is no better way for a child to
discover the magic and power of story, to engage their imaginations and for
reading to be associated with feelings of warmth, nurturing, security and love than, as Emilie so eloquently put it, "on the laps of their parents".
In
the National Year of Reading, let’s have three cheers for the parents out there
who are laying this important foundation, so their children have the best chance of becoming lifelong
readers – so they too can say one day: I love2read.
