Heard on blankets from the dryer! My dad used to get angry because he would come around the corner and I'd be sitting in front of the dryer burroughed in a bodaciously toasty blanket. (Clean blanketwent straight from the dryer and directly to the floor ! 😂) I understand his frustration now. These days, the blanket goes from the dryer and is hurried directly to a chair or couch where the comfy can commence!
I'm trying to count how often my girls and I were told that the library was closing in that we needed to bring our stuff up front. (This hurts my brain.)
I used subtitled animes and card games to help encourage reading outside of books. I've always been a huge fan of anime and when my girls were toddlers, they would cuddle and watch Inuyasha, Vampire Hunter D, Bleach, and so many other anime that were subtitled in English. Their desire to understand what was being said had a few bonuses. First, their comprehension vastly outstripped that of others their age. Secondly, their reading pace naturally increased to keep up with the speed of the dialogue. Finally, they developed a curiosity and appreciation for different cultures. (My eldest wants to learn Japanese and will use the few words that she knows when talking to the confusion of her classmates.)
Card games such as Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon also helped encourage my children to read. They'd watch my partner and I play Magic and wanted to join in but couldn't understand which cards were supposed to do what. ( This was especially effective with my youngest daughter who chose to rarely speak until her sister began school. Once her sister wasn't there, my stubborn little one was talking in fully formed and thoughtful sentences! I'll give credit to her that she was clever enough to figure out that she didn't need to speak since her older sister knew what she wanted and when she wanted it. I'll count my blessings that theyhave always been close.)
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