If you are like me, your day is jam packed. You want to read, but you just don't think of it within the chaos or you don't feel like you have the time. Here's what to do:
1.) Put a basket (shoebox, bag, or even just a pile) of age appropriate books in every room you spend any amount of time in (living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, etc.). They should be seen and easily accessible. I guarantee you'll pick up a book as easily as you would pick up a toy. How many books? Even if it's just 1 or 2 in each room, that's great. You'll read them over and over. That's what your children need.
2.) Keep a book in your diaper bag, purse, and/or car. Don't pull out your phone for entertainment. Pull out that book.
3.) Find yourself without a book? Tell your children the stories (nursery rhymes, songs, etc.) you have memorized from reading over and over and over again.
4.) When your house is turned upside down, you are in a terrible mood or your children are about to melt down, sit on the floor with a book and your children. It'll change the mood.
Too busy to read? Never. You got this.
Do you have other ideas on how to fit reading into a busy schedule? Comment below. Let's share and help each other.
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