tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966041586401268867.post3718593379963050432..comments2023-10-17T03:37:10.247-07:00Comments on Whole Family Learning: Libraries are so much better than their summer reading programsKerry McDonald, M.Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05970816682727759140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966041586401268867.post-11231312425310844862016-07-19T10:45:03.820-07:002016-07-19T10:45:03.820-07:00Thank you for writing this. I cringe when I go pas...Thank you for writing this. I cringe when I go past the summer reading contests and school-style programming. I have marveled over the years as my kids grow how obsessed we are as a culture with Reading! Any time, anywhere!! It leaves me wondering quite often why we are so scared of our kids not reading/not liking reading/not sharing our reading pleasure...it would be neat to learn more about entire societies and cultures where reading wasn't a factor in human success and happiness. Thanks for this one. Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966041586401268867.post-22110637272074547572016-07-19T05:05:56.169-07:002016-07-19T05:05:56.169-07:00When my now adult kids were small, we'd go to ...When my now adult kids were small, we'd go to the library all the time. When I was pregnant with the youngest, the oldest told the librarian first, because she wanted information about babies. We participated in a plethora of programs, and my kids could sign up for the summer reading programs if they wanted to. But they had to keep track of whatever they wanted, and they signed on the dotted line. The librarians didn't know how to deal with this approach, and challenged me. I told them that I felt that reading was its own reward, and that if my kids wanted to participate in the program, they'd be responsible for managing it. Done.<br /><br />One of my daughters decided that she'd do the games because she liked them, and that, instead of the "cheap plastic toy", she'd like to go to the bookstore and buy a book. Which is exactly what we did.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.com