http://www.bonavitablog.com/2008/07/food-for-thought/ Renaissance life in a post-modern world Thu, 28 May 2009 10:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bonavitablog.com/2008/07/food-for-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-38 entertainingmom Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:11:01 +0000 http://bonavita.wordpress.com/?p=90#comment-38 I like your Candy list. My oldest, currently in 4th grade, has a great reading selection at school. However, the older they get, the more realistic and therefore sombre the books are. It ain't Disney anymore! In addition to homework and afterschool sports and other activities I like my children to read for at least 20 minutes every night any book to their liking. (With my approval, of course.) Rebecca just finished a book called Firegirl by Tony Abbott. The main character, Jessica, enters the 7th grade severely scarred after being burned in a house fire. She was lucky to make it out alive. The story is about friendship and the strenght of friendship formed between her and a classmate named Tom who was able to see the beauty within her. It is a wonderful story and lesson and my daughter seemed to take a lot from the book. I like your Candy list. My oldest, currently in 4th grade, has a great reading selection at school. However, the older they get, the more realistic and therefore sombre the books are. It ain’t Disney anymore! In addition to homework and afterschool sports and other activities I like my children to read for at least 20 minutes every night any book to their liking. (With my approval, of course.) Rebecca just finished a book called Firegirl by Tony Abbott. The main character, Jessica, enters the 7th grade severely scarred after being burned in a house fire. She was lucky to make it out alive. The story is about friendship and the strenght of friendship formed between her and a classmate named Tom who was able to see the beauty within her. It is a wonderful story and lesson and my daughter seemed to take a lot from the book.

]]> http://www.bonavitablog.com/2008/07/food-for-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Mrs. Parunak Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:26:10 +0000 http://bonavita.wordpress.com/?p=90#comment-37 I really like your point about nourishing our children's minds through reading. And your "reading candy" idea sounds neat, too. I really like your point about nourishing our children’s minds through reading. And your “reading candy” idea sounds neat, too.

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