LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 178
Sure, we read. We read all the time. In fact, you’re probably reading right now!
But as entertaining as this blog may be, we don’t necessarily read a lot for fun these days. For entertainment, our kids are more likely to flip on a movie or play a video game. Books? They might be gathering dust on an out-of-the-way bookcase.
How do we as parents encourage our sons and daughters to put aside the game controller, put away the remote and read?
Our crack team of admitted book-lovers has some thoughts of that. I sit down with Kristin Smith, Jonathan McKee and our very own book editor Bob Hoose and (ahem) cover a few tips from our own personal pages. Novel, right?
And since we’re talking about books, in our second segment we’ll turn our attention to an honest-to-goodness book that plenty of young readers have picked up and read, Wings of Fire: The Flames of Hope. Should your child join the fray? Or is this book, and series, something that should rather be set aside?
As much as we’d like for you and your family to love to read, we’d love for you to write, too—write to us! Send a message on Facebook, Instagram or via email ([email protected]). What’s your favorite book? How many books do you read a year? And how do you encourage your kids to read?
And, if you make a donation of any amount, we’ll be happy to send you Jonathan McKee’s book, Parenting Generation Screen.
And be sure to check out the links below to everything we talked about.
Additional Resources:
- Plugged In Review (book): The Kite Runner
- Plugged In Review (book): Of Mice and Men
- Plugged In Review (book): Where the Red Fern Grows
- Plugged In Review (book): The Silver Chair
- Plugged In Blog: “What Message Does Reading a Book on Your Tablet Send to Your Kids?”
- Plugged In Blog: “Rediscovering the Old-Fashioned Joy of Reading Out Loud Together”
- Plugged In Blog: “What Do Kids, Video Games and Reading Skills Have in Common?”
- Plugged In Blog: “4 Ways to Motivate Kids to Read More”
- Plugged In Blog: “Diverging From What Everybody Else Is Doing (Reading)”
- Focus on the Family Episode: “Connecting With Your Kids Through Reading”
- Focus on the Family Article: “5 Positive Effects Reading Has on Child Development”
- Focus on the Family Article: “How to Raise Kids Who Love Reading”
- Plugged In Review: Flames of Hope
- Plugged In Review: Twilight
- Plugged In Review: Jurassic Park
- Plugged In Review: 65
- Plugged In Review: The Time Machine
- Plugged In Review: The Big Bang Theory
- Plugged In Review (book): Oliver Twist
One Response
-Would you review dragon girls by Maddy Mara? They might be a good alternative to the Wings of Fire series