if you have never volunteered at pt during the summer, i highly recommend doing so. the kids that participate in this program are so cool - they just can't believe that someone wants to come and spend time with them during the day - whether that is helping them read or just playing games with them on a hot summer day.
i went down to kirkwood umc in irving today and read with 4 boys under the age of 10 for a couple of hours. i want you to know that those boys had more energy in their little pinky than i do in my entire body! they were jazzed about reading (well three of them were) and they were asking questions about words they didn't know and would answer questions that i asked about difficult words in their books. one of my boys, jonathan, read a scratch-n-sniff book about popeye, but he said all the stickers smelled the same because all the scents had worn off. he said they all smelled like old paper! i couldn't help but laugh a little.
as i think about caitlyn getting to the age when she can read for herself, i wonder if she is going to be as in to reading as i am. i was talking with jessie and carleen yesterday about the fact that i am currently re-reading a tale of two cities for the fun of it. they both said they had to read it in high school (as did i), but that they had never thought about picking it up again after that. i guess i am just weird like that - i loved the classic novels that i read in hs and look forward to trying to read some of them again, now that i don't have to be tested on them or write papers about them!
enjoy a classic today! (or at least help make reading fun for a kid!)
grace&peace
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