Taking my own advice
I was talking to my little boy today on the way to school about a flyer that he received about a book club at the local library. He told me that he wanted to join. I asked him what made him want to join and he said because it could further his education. Of course this sounds like his teacher talking more than anything; but hey, whatever it takes to get him to join.
I signed him up last year and he was less than enthusiastic about it. I was so busy with school that I didn’t press the point.
I told myself that this summer would be different than other summers. In the past, I have made all types of resolutions about doing things at the beginning of summer and did not really follow through.
One thing that I have learned from not having the time when I was in school, is that time is precious. They grow up way too fast.
This summer I am going to sign him up for the reading club again and follow through. Not only that, I was thinking about my post from a couple of days ago, Guys Read. I thought about the advice that I was giving out and I said, “You know what David, we’re going to make our own Guys Read.”
After all, we do have well over 400 children’s books.
So, I’m going to take my own advice and make a Guys Read section in my house. I am going to go all out; it’s going to be a total experience. I’m going to make a sign-in chart and a log for the time that I’ve scheduled for his reading. And of course I am going to make the stickers and the bookmarks again. It is going to be like a real book club with a logo and everything.
Even though I have quite a few books, we will still have our usual trips to the bookstore and the library.
I will post about the stuff I’ll make later.
