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By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 1 Comment

Leo is a bibliophile in a home full of bibliophiles. Once we had Leo assessed, it was suggested to us that we begin tracking what he reads for homeschooling purposes. It is often recommended that homeschooling parents maintain a book log. This is quite difficult to do, as Leo reads voraciously. He reads multiple books at a time, in multiple rooms, and he leaves them everywhere in his wake. He will finish one, cast it aside, and pick up another. It is not at all unusual for me to find a discarded book in my car, in my laundry pile, in the bathroom, in a closet, in the middle of a staircase…

Did he walk up to that point reading it? I’m sure he did.

We usually have to go into Leo’s room to turn his light off each evening. Often, his floor is scattered with books.
In addition to having oodles of books throughout our home, we go to the library at least once a week and usually twice. Our library allows you to take out a maximum of 100 books on your card. Leo does this regularly, and he reads most of them. We look comical leaving the library with bags and bags, or sometimes even a laundry basket full, of books.We began tracking his reading on May 9th. We knew he read a lot, but we were in for a surprise. Since May 9th, he has read 317 (!!!) books, most of which are chapter books. He has his own Goodreads account to try to help us with the task of recording.No wonder the librarians know him by name!

This is what we call a book-palooza, not to be confused with a craft-palooza.

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It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.

~Oscar Wilde

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Filed Under: Gifted/Twice Exceptional Tagged With: books, gifted, homeschool, Reading

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  1. Whatcha readin’ this weekend? says:
    November 20, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    […] you’re a bookworm.  Life’s too short! There are so many books to read!! Leo seems to agree with me because he has read 101 books since the library’s summer reading program started on June […]

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poppies Hi, folks! I'm Cait. I'm a school psychologist, wife, mom to three amazing children, writer, bookworm, nature lover, coffee drinker, Chesney fan, list maker, board game nerd, and now- suddenly-unexpected homeschooler.
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