Raising Readers & Our Favorite Holiday Books: Episode 186
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
We love books, and we hope our kids grow up to love them too…but how do we get there? Meagan and Sarah break down the ways we encourage literacy and a love of reading in our homes–without piling on the pressure. We talk about reading aloud, reading for homework, encouraging reluctant readers, and modeling a book-loving life as adults. PLUS Katie Addiss joins Sarah for a fun segment all about holiday picture books! We share some favorites for babies through big kids–just in time for the coziest reading season!
LINKS MENTIONED:
- Sarah and Katie’s full list of holiday books is here
- Meagan’s appearance on the Read-Aloud Revival podcast: RAR #34: Reading Aloud around a Traditional School Schedule, and RAR host Sarah Mackenzie’s appearance on Meagan’s podcast The Home Hour in 2014
- Magazines Sarah loves include ASK and Muse from Cricket Media, Highlights High Five, and National Geographic Kids
- Sarah loves the book lists at What Do We Do All Day?, and specifically mentioned these three in her segment with Katie:
- Timeless Christmas Books
- New Christmas Picture Books
- Christmas Chapter Book Read Alouds for Families
- Meagan mentioned these books (affiliate links):
- Krampus: The Devil of Christmas
- The Night Before Christmas – Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- A Christmas Carol
- Other episodes you might enjoy:
- Raising Lifelong Learners (Ep95)
- Bedtime Routines At Every Age (Ep80)
- Finding Kids’ Media That Isn’t Terrible (Ep46)
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| 1:09.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah, and I'm Megan. |
| 1:11.2 | We're two moms with eight kids between us, from little to grown. |
| 1:15.0 | We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. |
| 1:18.0 | But we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement. |
| 1:22.0 | And remind you that it's really all |
| 1:23.7 | going to be okay. We're not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not |
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