2020. What a year! Reflecting back on the year, I was looking through my Goodreads list, and remembering all of the amazing books I read in 2020. It was definitely a good reading year for me. I guess all the extra time at home did have some advantages. I decided this week that I should […] The post The Top Ten Books I Read in 2020 appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

I’m not sure how it happened, but my kids are growing up. I have a teenager and an almost-teenager living in my house. The span between sixth and eighth grade is a time of tremendous growth, both physically and emotionally, and I feel like every morning when I see my sons they seem taller than […] The post 24 Books to Read Aloud with Preteens and Teenagers appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

Over the past week, the impact of COVID-19 has become more and more clear, and I can see that we are all going to be adjusting our lives to a new normal. Although I am working from home during school hours, our late afternoons and evenings are now free of extra-curricular activities and I am […] The post Stuck at Home? Ideas for Families with Kids appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

Reading inspiring quotes has always helped me to focus on what is important in life.  My friends and I saved meaningful quotes we loved during high school and college by writing them down in special quote journals. I still have mine, and I love to flip through the pages and remember what was important to […] The post 18 Inspiring Quotes about Books and Reading You’ll Want to Remember appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

Time is a funny thing. Sometimes days pass quickly, and other times days seem to drag along.  In the blink of an eye, kids grow up. In many ways, I still feel the same as I did as a little girl, but somehow now I have kids of my own who are thinking and feeling […] The post 3 Lessons I Learned from Rereading Childhood Favorites with My Kids appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

How do we raise kids who actually want to read?  It’s a question parents ask all the time.  What if I told you that the answer can be found by taking just 5 simple steps? Reading about reading.  It’s how I spend much of my time.  I regularly read (and write) articles about reading.  I […] The post 5 Steps to Raising Kids Who Want to Read appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

Updated 7/21/20 Summer 2020 hasn’t been a typical summer. Our family, like many others, has had to cancel vacation plans, summer camps, and many other fun summertime experiences. With so many disappointments, I have been trying to make an effort to make this summer still feel like “summer.” Though we can’t do all of the […] The post 30 Summer Books for Kids of All Ages to Enjoy appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

When I first heard about Sarah Mackenzie and her Read-Aloud Revival movement last year from a friend, I was intrigued. I immediately checked out her website, read through her booklists online and listened to some of her podcasts. She is a few years ahead of me in her parenting years, and homeschools her kids (where […] The post The Read-Aloud Family appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

Literacy, or the ability to read and write, is an immensely important skill. People who are literate have so many more opportunities in life than people who can’t read and write. As Mary McLeod Bethune said, “The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” A Huge Problem But sometimes when we think […] The post How to Support Literacy Where You Live appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more

If you want to learn how to make whole family read-alouds work for you and your family, this post is for you.  Families are all different, and we all lead very busy lives, but I’m hoping that some of these suggestions will help you to make reading aloud happen more often in your home.  Reading […] The post How to Make Whole Family Read-Alouds Work PLUS 15 Books Your Whole Family Will Love! appeared first on Bookity Split ..read more