It is exciting for me to see that literature continues to hold a place of high importance for my teenagers. I think I have a pretty good start so far. Years of learning alongside my children have taught me the value of reading great books with them. Great books help us to grow intellectually and spiritually. They allow us to experience loyalty, courage, honesty, truth, wisdom, and other enduring qualities through the creative expression of the author.
Great books are of outstanding literary quality.
I wish that I had realized the importance of reading literature with my children earlier in my homeschooling experience. It is so easy to be caught up in completing this textbook or that workbook to the point that meaningful education is pushed aside. Reading great books with our children has provided us with many wonderful educational experiences, and reading aloud to them from an early age has prepared them to begin formal reading instruction. As my children play I am reminded of the positive influence of literature in their lives. Last year when my youngest daughter, Mandy was 7 years old, she began taking piano lessons.