Oma's hint No. 2

Here's Oma's hint No. 2.

Let's jump ahead to when the kids are reading even in their beginning stages.
I am a big fan of the library! When our kids were younger, we didn't have much money so one of the free things I did was to take all four to the local library. It was a treat for all of us. They really enjoyed picking out their books and usually managed to get the limit allowed. I liked seeing the four different tastes. Kevin went for history, Michael liked dinosaurs, Susan liked puzzles and Sara liked mysteries.

I believe going to the library starts a love of reading and maybe more importantly it teaches them that you don't have to BUY everything. It also helps them learn responsibility as they have to return as many as they took out. [One not fun aspect for me was the search for missing books when it was time to return them] They also learned to take care of things as the librarian frowns on dirty or torn pages.

Nowadays the library offer so much more than the books. You have free Internet, many interesting programs for adults and children and usually a story hour for the pre-schoolers. Check it out.