Taylor and Wesley in front of the library with their selections for the week.

I love summertime not only because I get to take a break from my crazy life of a school teacher but that’s really my only chance to catch up with my novel reading.  Sure, I may flip through a magazine but during the school year it seems that I am focused on teacher’s manuals and teaching resources.  So as of today, I have completed 3 novels in the 3 weeks I’ve been off from school and am well into a fourth.  Ahhh, heaven.

Each summer I also sign up the children for the local library reading program.  The Wichita Public Library has a program called Be Creative@ Your Library this year.  Although I don’t sign them up due to the prizes they receive once they’ve completed their goal but it’s definitely an incentive!  Not only that, but it truly encourages the children to read books during the summer.  Oh, and it’s FREE! We also have our own quiet reading time during the day that helps them to relax as well as appreciate literature.  We’ve been meaning to do a family read-aloud time too with the classics.  Hopefully we’ll start that soon but at least in the meantime we’re visiting our local library every week.  Have you checked out your local library lately?