Miscellaneous Monday – Read to Me Day
Happy Monday, everyone! How did the weekend treat you? Utah finally decided to do winter, so it was cold here and we had some slushy snow. It was actually the perfect weekend for cuddling up with a warm drink and a good book. And, that fits our theme perfectly, because today is International Read to Me Day!
When we were young, bedtime meant a number of things. It often meant taking a warm bath to get clean before shuffling off to bed, begging for a glass of water no less than three times and, of course, cuddling down with our parents for a bedtime story. There was something about the sound of their voice telling us our favorite stories that helped drag us into a contented slumber, where perhaps we’d dream these tales they told us. There’s a day to recall these days and even to remind you to share these moments with your loved ones, and that’s International Read To Me day.
International Read To Me day was established by the Child Writes Foundation to encourage the growth and spread of adult literacy. It became clear that in countries throughout the world adult literacy is a problem, and many adults simply lack the ability to read even for pleasure. When trying to find ways to help offset this, it became apparent that being read to as a child helped to encourage literacy and a love of reading in adults. The result of these findings was obvious! A holiday needed to be established to encourage the foundations of literacy by reading to our children, and thus was born “International Read To Me Day”!
I know we have a lot of people who love to read in our sweet community. I love it when people post in the forum looking for book recommendations for themselves or their kids, or telling us all about a book they loved. And, it turns out that our designers love books and reading too! I looked through the Shoppe for products about reading and books, and there were almost too many to choose from. We have kits about reading, about being read to, about specific books (or movies/TV shows based on books), and about the library. Take a look at the awesome stuff I found:
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So many amazing goodies!! Be sure to take some time today to read to someone and to do your own personal reading too!! And, of course, don’t forget to scrap all your bookish memories and share them with all of us.
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