Melissa Revis #4: Routman Section 3: Share Your Reading Life

This is going to be a blog of honesty; I am not a reader. I never have been. My parents would have to bribe me to read. There were few books that I would get into. I loved the American Girl Books though. When I started reading the first one, my parents were so excited that they bought me as many as I wanted. Now as an adult, I still don't pick up a book for fun usually, but I do love to buy children's books for my students. I started buying books when I was in college to get a jump start on my collection for my class library. I promote reading in my classroom by sharing what I do love about books and reading. I love to share the new children's books I buy and put them out on display. I talk to the children about the fun things that go on in each book and why I like the book. Children's books are so much fun; they can provide so much laughter, fun, and learning! It makes me sad to think that some of my students go home to a few to none books to read at home for fun. I recently have started collecting the little books that Chic-fil-a gives out with kids' meals and I put them into my treasure box for the children. If I could send home a copy of every book we read at school, I totally would, but that's just not really possible.