I know that you are busy getting so many necessities done in the short time that is a day! We all know that what we demonstrate, children do. (This is both the good news and the bad news, right?)

Try making up little poems about everyday things – preparing food, giving/requesting baths, brushing teeth, etc. Your poems could rhyme or not – the important thing is that they convey something that seems important to you. Let your kids see you writing your poems and reading them aloud to yourself; this conveys a big message: This is something that people like to do!