Read the classics!

Did you know many private schools assign summer reading? (Here is an example.). I don’t want to knock summer library programs.  Many kids enjoy the challenges and earning prizes.  Instead, I propose reading a list of classics.    Paul, just 10, has read Hatchet, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Great Brain Series.  Here, here, and here are lists with classics.  Do a search of free Kindle classics: Tom Sawyer, The Jungle Book, Treasure Island, Little Women, The Secret Garden, Little House Series, The Box-Car Children, Robin Hood, Five Little Peppers, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan.  The list goes on!  Start by reading The Great Brain series.  They are hard to put down!  Read one of your childhood favorites together, such as A Little Princess.  Many of these are available digitally from your library.  Get going!