My cousin's wife, Leslie, is doing the most amazing thing with her daughter. She has begun a mother-daughter book club. Each month, Leslie and her daughter read an age-appropriate book together and then meet with their club to discuss it. She posted the details about this club on
her blog. Upon reading her post, Hannah and I decided that we must try this with our own daughters. So, we stole all of Leslie's ideas- all the way down to the first two books that her group is reading. We were so eager to get started that we just went and got the first book,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and began reading. We probably should have taken a little more time to "organize" things, but we were too excited. The reading of the book went great. I was surprised by how well Olivia paid attention to the story. It only took us four days to read the book. Once we had all finished reading, we met at Hannah's house to discuss the book and celebrate. The girls had a great time answering questions about what they had read. We also watched the movie (Johnny Depp version) and had lots of chocolate treats- including candy bars and chocolate cake. Yummy. Hannah and I have decided that since this first book went so well we should carry on (with a bit more organization). We have begun the planning process, and are looking forward to lots of fun with this in the upcoming year.
My cousin's wife, Leslie, is doing the most amazing thing with her daughter. She has begun a mother-daughter book club. Each month, Leslie and her daughter read an age-appropriate book together and then meet with their club to discuss it. She posted the details about this club on her blog. Upon reading her post, Hannah and I decided that we must try this with our own daughters. So, we stole all of Leslie's ideas- all the way down to the first two books that her group is reading. We were so eager to get started that we just went and got the first book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and began reading. We probably should have taken a little more time to "organize" things, but we were too excited. The reading of the book went great. I was surprised by how well Olivia paid attention to the story. It only took us four days to read the book. Once we had all finished reading, we met at Hannah's house to discuss the book and celebrate. The girls had a great time answering questions about what they had read. We also watched the movie (Johnny Depp version) and had lots of chocolate treats- including candy bars and chocolate cake. Yummy. Hannah and I have decided that since this first book went so well we should carry on (with a bit more organization). We have begun the planning process, and are looking forward to lots of fun with this in the upcoming year.
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I love that you all are having fun with this, too!!! I'll warn you, our third book has been a bit of a flop. The Borrowers by Mary Norton hasn't seemed to hold the girl's attention like the other books.
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