tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post7668687680517082115..comments2023-10-08T06:45:14.655-05:00Comments on Great Place to Be: I Love Books! (and Alex doesn't)Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02610117543051640146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-61669746595242435152022-11-18T17:27:50.092-06:002022-11-18T17:27:50.092-06:00Thanks forr the postThanks forr the postDothan Office Cleaninghttps://www.janitorial-office-cleaning.com/us/janitorial-service-alabama/dothan-office-cleaning.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-28646560189598803732010-09-16T14:25:53.388-05:002010-09-16T14:25:53.388-05:00Yeah I think its worth mentioning that I have litt...Yeah I think its worth mentioning that I have litterally left Alex to her own devises for up to an hour in a book store, only to find out that that particular major retailor only carries books that "No one in the world wants to read." I guess that's why they drove all those indepenent booksellers out of business... <br /><br />Anyway so while I do make suggestions, its because left alone the kid picks nothing. And while I don't care what she picks, it does have to be something. <br /><br />And the other weird thing about her? Is she can read. She reads really well and actually really fast. Of all the things she struggled with last year, the ability TO reading wasn't one of them.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610117543051640146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-47230678296185044102010-09-16T10:19:15.294-05:002010-09-16T10:19:15.294-05:00I loved to read when I was a little girl, and I st...I loved to read when I was a little girl, and I still do. Perhaps Alex may be interested in non-fiction rather than fiction. Some kids are, for some reason.<br /><br />But that does sound like a wonderful book.<br /><br />Have you checked to see if she might have dyslexia? It's quite common, and may be the reason why she doesn't care for reading.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-10059169400305432552010-09-16T09:39:05.209-05:002010-09-16T09:39:05.209-05:00Aw, it is difficult when you're a reader, but ...Aw, it is difficult when you're a reader, but your child isn't necessarily. Do keep in mind that Alex may be rejecting books precisely because you are trying to get her to love them. It's part of development, defining individuality :-) <br /><br />My son loves to read, and so do I, but he very pointedly started enjoying things I'm not overly fond of myself. He's big on horror right now, and that makes me wince in dismay. <br /><br />You know works a lot of the time? Go to the bookstore as a treat. Let her look around the children's section while you select a book from elsewhere in the store. Chances are it's simply that she wants to make her own, individual selections and she'll be begging for a specific book at the end of the trip (and if it's not in the budget, do the same thing at the library). <br /><br />I feel for you, it's almost unnerving when your child doesn't love something you do. My son's area of individuality? The more my husband and I love a specific, the more he'll wrinkle his nose at it. Hehehe, everyone wants to be different from their parents, and everyone chooses an area to display that difference. For me it was a lack of interest in clothes :-) My mother LOVES clothes, and I, quite purposefully rejected an interest in them.Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-41792826314535789582010-09-16T09:34:37.466-05:002010-09-16T09:34:37.466-05:00I think you already know what you have to do but i...I think you already know what you have to do but it easier said than done.<br /><br />I started to love to read after I watch "Matilda" <br /><br />I loved the thought that I could become powerful if read books.SYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133339104832835879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-66117016835351130042010-09-16T08:04:22.720-05:002010-09-16T08:04:22.720-05:00This book looks great! Thanks for the recommendati...This book looks great! Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to try and find it so that I can incorporate it into my next library storytime.Alissa Grossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701189791875707920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-80697961612068201152010-09-15T14:45:23.416-05:002010-09-15T14:45:23.416-05:00Isn't it too bad that Harry Potter isn't t...Isn't it too bad that Harry Potter isn't the magic bullet to get kids to read books in general? My nephews didn't learn to love reading until they were grown, so there's still hope for Alex!Single and Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088040256596780195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285340800034224141.post-29163137373939471962010-09-15T13:12:50.517-05:002010-09-15T13:12:50.517-05:00That sounds like a GREAT book. I love to read, but...That sounds like a GREAT book. I love to read, but I'm also a person who doesn't like to be told that I'll like the book, or to be given books to read that I haven't picked out. I used to read the ones my mom "made" me read (this is as an adult), but I would complain to her (she liked Mary Higgins-Clark, which was fine, but she also liked tear jerkers, which I was uninterested in reading). <br /><br />I guess just telling Alex she has to read SOMETHING & then letting that something be up to her is the best you can do. And keep those other books around. Eventually she might get bored & pick one up. I know I would.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com