Local Library

If you do not take advantage of your local library then I strongly urge you to do so! It is such a treat! We live in a small town so our library is very small but it is still such a thrill to go there every week. Our library stays open late on Monday and Thursday so we try to make every Monday library day. I allow each child to check out two books. I also check out two books. We also check out one read together family book (right now it is the Giant and the Jones's...cute book). The youngest also checks out an audio book as a special treat since the oldest is allowed to spend time on the internet there.
When we come home and eat dinner together each child, and myself, will tell daddy all about our trip to the library and what kind of books we got at the library this week.
Each week we do it all over again.
Each one of my children have their own library card. They are responsible for keeping their library books together and for taking them up to the counter when we take them back and for taking them up to check them out. I do keep the cards in my purse though since my children are only 5 and 10 years of age.
The library books are kept with our other homeschooling material away from our own home library and the books are to be handled with care. They know this and they also know it is a great offense if a library book is misplaced. We don't rest until it is found and returned. (which recently happened but all is right int he world now that Pooh's Halloween Pumpkin is now back at the library on its shelf).
You will also find that the local library has Hooked on Phonics, and other teaching materials. A lot of times there are free newspapers (new ones!)
Your local library is great and will help harvest a love of reading in your children.
And it is FREE!