Green Eggs and Ham Are Great If You Are Hungry to Read

That's right I remember hearing this book read to me as a kid. Then reading it to myself and then to my little sisters. Years later getting married and reading Many Dr. Seuss books to my kids. And then hearing them read them back to me.

But as of late this has turned into a great reading aid for our youngest child. You see there was a list of words that the school wanted him to learn this past year at school. And my wife looked over two books and found that most of them were in this one and the rest were in a second book.

So we both sat down at different times and helped our youngest read through these books. So what started as fun was a great learning aid. And I did not realize it until the need brought it up to us and the book was just waiting there on our book shelf for the next generation to read. It and improve their reading skills without knowing they w.ere doing so..

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We have let our son know that there were two books that could help him to read. Combined they had all the words that were on the list. This did not encourage him to want to read those books. Others that he picked out were OK to read though.

Also any books that were about things he liked also made the reading list. For him it was usually books about super heroes such as Iron Man or the Green Lantern or his other favorite the Transformers.

All books that encourage a child to read are good to have on hand but ones that contain required words are also good to have in the mix. You might be able to say if you read one of the required readings then you can read one of your other favorites. Or even a 2:1 ratio of two fun books to one required book.

Either way you look at it, your kids are reading and you should encourage them. And remember not all kids start to enjoy reading at the same time as others.

What is your reason for reading them?