Comments on: Summer Reading https://candiceransom.com/blog/summer-reading/ My life is books. Always, always books. Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melissa Gaggiano https://candiceransom.com/blog/summer-reading/#comment-10049 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:01:33 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4464#comment-10049 Gwen has her daily school reader which I make sure we never miss a day of. Even if it makes her huff and puff.
But at bedtime the girls are allowed half hour of reading before lights out. And Gwen loves this, because she can read or write anything she wants.
I guess it is finding that balance between the things that need to be learnt and letting the kids enjoy books in their own curious way.

]]> By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/summer-reading/#comment-10048 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:41:31 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4464#comment-10048 In reply to Donna.

I remember your son’s summer reading lists and they depressed me to no end. I understand the lists are for middle school students, too, and there is the caution about “summer slide” for elementary school kids. No one had to mention “summer slide” to us–we read because we loved the freedom of choosing our own books.

Thank heaven your son read for pleasure this summer! I hope he has time in college to settle down with a book-for-fun!

]]> By: Donna https://candiceransom.com/blog/summer-reading/#comment-10047 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:41:29 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4464#comment-10047 I watched my son go from the ten year-old you describe to one who hardly picked up a book. Between reading lists for high school and projects and requirements, our educational system nearly beat the love of books out of him. And then this summer, just before heading off to college, he got lost in a good book again – and it made me smile. I lived the childhood you described and I am eternally grateful for writers like you that told the stories that lifted me up and carried me away. Thank you, Writer Girl!

]]> By: Candice https://candiceransom.com/blog/summer-reading/#comment-10046 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:35:33 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4464#comment-10046 Elizabeth–you are excused from summer reading! Soak in France and Scotland. I want a full report next summer!

]]> By: Elizabeth D https://candiceransom.com/blog/summer-reading/#comment-10045 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:56:27 +0000 http://www.candiceransom.com/honeysucklevine/?p=4464#comment-10045 LOVE this! And how I wish you’d been MY cousin! I would have been 100% on board! Hugs, e

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