Benefits of Reading

I enjoyed this Reader's Digest article . . .
The full title is Benefits of reading: Getting Smart, Thin, Healthy, Happy

Ten benefits given:
1. Gives muscle to your memory.
2. Gives your workout more staying power.
3. Keeps your brain young.
4. Can melt away stress.
5. Boosts your vocabulary.
6. Improves empathy.
7. Can encourage life goals.
8. Helps you feel more connected.
9. Can brighten your day.
10. Can help you save cash.
Read the full article to get the thoughts behind these tips
on how your brain and body benefit by reading.

Of course, you need to be reading good stuff, or you're better off not reading at all. "Bad associations spoil useful habits" says the best book, and when you're reading, you really are associating with the characters (or subject) of the book.

Enjoy what you're reading!

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Recommended book: Anne of Green Gables

I would recommend to all young readers Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. 
This book teaches wonderful lessons without being preachy, such as ‘life can’t always be the way we want it’ and ‘how we deal with things makes the difference between being happy or dissatisfied.'

Anne’s determination to be positive and find joy, even if it is only to be found in making a friend of her own reflection, is very powerful. The story is told in such a delightful way, those who read it are sure to be drawn to her character. And, of course, we also see through Anne’s life at Green Gables that life doesn't always stay the same, and the changes that come are sometimes good and sometimes very sad.

I am so glad I found this wonderful book; I have read it many times and would encourage everyone to at least read it once. You can get this book as either an e-book or paperback... look for it on the Cindy's book store page of this blog, or click the link in the box below.
Other links of interest: Life Lessons from Green Gables Anne's Life Lessons Life Lessons from Anne
Noe

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Teaching our son to read

We have one son, our favorite person in the whole world -- other than each other, of course, but then ‘the two are one’ you know. We’re so proud of the man he has become; he’s in his mid-twenties, not married yet. But one of these days....

We always read to our son when he was a little boy, and I’m so glad Noe loved reading to him. Some of my favorite memories are of them reading together, as I was listening while busy doing other things around the house. There was one book called Funny Face at the Window he loved to hear over and over again, and Noe would read it every day, till they moved on to another book. They also read Wind in the Willows when he got a bit older -- somehow I missed reading that book when I was young, but then to me, it is a perfect father and son book to read together.

I count it a privilege that I was able to homeschool him, and of course, got to teach him to read. I don’t know if it’s a boy thing (since I didn’t have a daughter), or maybe just something he inherited, but he had trouble keeping his focus on words. By that I mean, he would start reading a word and then just guess what it was; there’s probably a name for that. You know, everything’s got a name these days...

Well, I worked with him, helping him to follow all the letters by having him “spell-the-word-out” for me, and little by little he stopped guessing at words. He became an excellent reader and grew to enjoy reading; as an adult he still does. His recreational bent is toward science-fiction, loves Star Trek kinda stories. Of course, like most guys, I just can’t get him to read those gadget manuals!
cindy

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I love to read!

I’ve been an avid reader all my life... wish I had as good a memory as Noe, but then again, I can pick up a book I know I’ve read and because I don’t  remember exactly how it went, it’s like reading a new book!! LOL

I think having 4 older siblings helped, as well as adult family members that liked reading to us too. My uncle had a children’s set of books with lots of interesting stories in it that he would read to us, and when we got older, we read them to him. The set got lost somewhere down the road, so sad we can’t find it again. That’s a fond memory, sitting in his lap reading together.

I used the school library a lot, even got to work in it when I was in elementary school. That was back in the days of the dewey decimal system and file cards, no computers then! We had the Weekly Reader Club we could buy books from, no Amazon or Barnes & Noble. There were no video games, no VCR or DVD movies to watch whenever we felt like it, and just boring stuff to see on TV anyway except early Saturday mornings and an hour after school. One of my other uncles worked for a TV station and was the kid’s show personality for a little while too; he was called Snuffy....

Anyway, reading was a favorite pastime and I loved it. My fourth grade teacher had an exercise we did, where she picked one of us to read aloud for a page or two, and if you read without making mistakes -- not even getting to back up one word! -- you got a star for your book cover. That was fun too, and made us all strive to be good readers.

I guess I can’t say enough to parents about how important reading with your children is for them. Read to them even when they’re too little to talk, read their favorite book a thousand times - even 3 or 4 times in a row when you wish they would get tired of it because you are. That not only develops a love of reading and learning in them that will continue to grow as they do, but also creates a strong bond between you and your children that will remain all their life... and that’s one of those things you’ll forever be glad you did.

cindy

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