How She Reads

In this episode, How She Reads, we'll talk about how moms read to their kids, how they fit in some reading time for themselves, and how they create a culture of reading in their homes.

There's plenty of evidence that reading is good for our brains—and for our kids' brains. We know that reading to our kids improves their own reading skills and helps them with other academic subjects too. The importance and value of this cannot be overstated.

But all this research—all the quotas of the number of books we're supposed to read to our kids by the time they enter kindergarten—is not the only reason we should read to our kids. It misses all the magic.

Reading is also about connecting with other people—the people who wrote the books, the characters inside them (real or imaginary), and whoever you read the book with or talk about it with.

Full Transcript: Howshemoms.com

Links from this episode:

Read-Aloud Revival Podcast hosted by Sarah Mackenzie

• Episode 130 : Reading Aloud as an Obstinate Act of Love, with Meghan Cox Gurdon
• Episode 125: Master Class: Creating a Book Club Culture at Home (Part 1)

Village Book Builders

Everyday Reading

What Should I Read Next? Podcast, hosted by Anne Bogel

10 Things to Tell You Podcast, episode 1, When I Read, hosted by Bri McKoy

The Lazy Genius Podcast, hosted by Kendra Adachi

Book Lists:

Mensa K-3 reading list

Newbery Medal Winners

Read Kiddo Read

Everyday Reading

Books mentioned in this episode:

On Writing, by Stephen King

The Enchanted Hour, by Meghan Cox Gurdon

Read-Aloud Family, by Sarah Mackenzie

Read-alouds mentioned:

Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, by Mike Artell

The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper

The Giver, by Lois Lowry

The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White

Ramona Quimby series, Beverly Cleary

Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling

Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes

A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness