HELP! I Have an Overactive Imagination and (sometimes) I’m Afraid to Use it!

I remember once when I was sitting at home with my oldest son, (he was eight at the time), and he snapped at me, Why do you keep laughing?

We were supposed to be enjoying silent reading time, or perhaps I was enjoying it a little too much because I couldnt stop laughing out loud at a particularly interesting scene.

I totally empathized with his snippy reaction and didnt snap back. When youre a reading teacher to young children, the struggles they encounter and the achievements they share are...