she's a little bit behind in her reading, not particularly enthusiastic or, at the moment, very good at it
last night I was gently encouraging her to read and telling her how exciting books could be, when she put on a really serious face, as if she knew that the following news would hit me hard, and said solemnly: "I'm sorry to say this, but computers are more fun than books. You can see the Great Wall of China and all kinds of things, and have fun on the Cbeebies website"
she does love playing on her computer but I don't want to limit her computer use. Her disabilities mean that there are a lot of things that she can't play at unaided - for example to make craft things she needs really close help because of her fine motor difficulties. It frustrates her; her computer is something that she can use on her own, which is age-appropriate. I had always thought that books could fulfil a similar role
in the past we have read books to her at night, eg Harry Potter, Faraway Tree, but she is a bit scared of the next one as they are getting a bit old for her. I'd like to read something really good to her, to give her the idea that there are books out there really worth reading
any suggestions? books for us to read or things to say? dh and I love books and really want to encourage our children to love them too, and especially as she is behind with her reading, I want her to have some motivation to get better