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Cultivating Curious Readers: A Family Approach to Summer Learning

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Kelly built a reading fort and hosted a Mad Hatter's tea party to celebrate finishing Alice in Wonderland with her kids.
Host Lisa Bailey and guests Kelly and Delise discuss strategies for making summer reading active and engaging for homeschooling families, sharing personal anecdotes, practical tips like using musical books and reading forts, and resources to cultivate curiosity in children and parents alike.

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A warm case for making summer reading a shared family habit.

Summer reading is treated here as part of family life, not a school chore. Lisa Bailey, with Delise and Kelly Wilt, keeps coming back to active reading: forts under chairs, an Alice in Wonderland tea party, bread and jam, and stories that nudge children toward knitting needles…

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Make summer reading feel like family play, not a chore.

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