Confession… I'm not a reader. HELP!

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  • March 18, 2015 at 7:19 pm
    LOVEof7
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    Dear AwEsOmE moms,

    I absolutely LOVE the CM philosophy. I am planning on home-schooling my five children (D11,S9,D7,D6, and D3) starting in August. We adopted our first three 3 years ago, and are in the process of finalizing the second adoption of the younger two. We are hoping that home-schooling will facilitate bonding and individualized attention both emotionally, and academically. However, as excited, eager, and positive as I feel about this new season in our lives, I am concerned about the impact my personal “flaws” will have on the success of our journey. Although I enjoy reading, I have not read fictional literature since grade-school, and even then it was for a grade. I read for knowledge, not pleasure. I am great with read-alouds, but I always stuck to twaddle books because of the “short and sweet factor.” I recognize that they tend lack depth and purpose among other things, but am afraid I would have no idea where to start when selecting fictional books. I am stressing out about this. How much of an impact do you feel this will have on our process? I appreciate any and all feedback… BE HONEST, I can take it! Thank you!!!

    March 18, 2015 at 8:26 pm
    vikingkirken
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    I enjoy reading myself, but I really don’t like doing read-alouds.  Audiobooks are your friend!!

    I pull from reading lists from Sonlight, Brave Writer, and My Father’s World, to name a few.

    March 18, 2015 at 9:06 pm
    RobinP
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    There are so many wonderful books out there!  You can get lots of recommendations here.  I would really try to make the effort to read to your children.  Sharing books together is so beneficial on so many levels for adopted children especially.  We adopted a little boy from China at the age of six.  Reading to him was the one thing I did to solidify that bond.  Even though he couldn’t understand a word I said and was at first a bit hesitant to accept physical affection, he was always anxious to climb up beside me on the couch and look at books.  His language and literally his world was expanded through the wonderful books we shared.  Blessings on your family!

    March 18, 2015 at 9:45 pm
    Kristen
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    I guess I would try before saying I can’t.  🙂 That isn’t meant in a bad way. I know when I first started homeschooling with SCM I thought it was way to much reading and that they all were crazy for suggesting all these books! Lol but six years into it I am trying to find ways to add more books to the schedule. 🙂

    Just try it. A lot of the books are interesting for adults too.

    March 19, 2015 at 5:36 am
    Melanie32
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    You just haven’t read the right books yet. 🙂 Read a few great books and you’ll be hooked. I would set aside a special reading time for yourself every day and just stick with it for a while. I think you’ll be surprised how much you will learn to enjoy reading.

    My MIL was about 55 when I convinced her to try Gone With The Wind. I don’t think she’d read a book since school! She loved it and hasn’t stopped reading since. It’s been 7 years and she always has a book going now.

    March 19, 2015 at 9:40 am
    my3boys
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    I hadn’t read a book since grade school, that I can remember. Then, when I was a young adult, I did begin to read, but they were not classics! When I came upon the CM method, even though I wasn’t reading any classics, just books for knowledge, I was hooked.

    I do not have adopted children but I can imagine that that would be a great way to spend time with them and bond. My own children love to be read to and we are in our 9th year of homeschooling the CM way.

    March 19, 2015 at 11:21 pm
    BlessedMommy
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    I never grew up reading all of this wonderful literature and so far I’m LOVING experiencing it together with my daughter. Confession: there have been times when I simply don’t know how to pronounce a word or I’m not even sure what it means, or, the style/wording can catch my tongue off guard a bit. In a perfect world, I would read ahead to be better prepared before reading aloud but, I simply don’t always have time to do that. Keeping my phone handy has been helpful and I think it’s good for my daughter to see that Mommy might know a lot but, not everything and that learning is a lifetime adventure no matter your age. 🙂

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