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Do you read chapter books to your children?

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500Decibels · 16/10/2014 09:25

I started Reading The Hobbit to my dcs (age 9 and 7) but it's going to take me forever to get through it!

Motivate me to carry on please!
How long do you read to your kids for?
Mine love it when I read to them but secretly I've had enough after 2 minutes!

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ConkerTime · 16/10/2014 10:06

The Hobbit is tricky for me too. And yet it's a book I have read to myself a few times but of course then I was able to skip bits! Perhaps you could get them to share by reading a paragraph or page.

I prefer to pick books that I find funny. Or are in episodes, like Sherlock Holmes stories and I read those on holiday when we had more time. Normal night time reading is 10 - 20 minutes on a chapter book.

mabelbabel · 16/10/2014 09:37

Yes, I read chapter books to DD (now 8) and have done for about 3 years. I usually read for about 20 minutes, sometimes a little more if it's an exciting bit. I love it, partly because I've now read lots of kids classics that I missed out on the first time around. I particularly enjoyed Swallows and Amazons, Five Children and IT, and the Borrowers. I'm sure there's more that I can't think of right now. I also really like reading funny books together, even if they are ones that she could read by herself (eg How To Train Your Dragon and Mr Gumm). It's nice to laugh together.