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Do you find that most Teaching Company courses work well in this format? Do you miss lots of visuals, such as charts etc?

 

Depends on the subject. We mainly have history, literature, and music lectures as audio. Obviously, art history would not work, nor would math. Those are usually available exclusively on DVD; if audio is offered that means it works quite well. The few we watched on video were incredibly boring because there were very few visuals - mainly a professor standing at a lectern and lecturing. Don't need to see this.

We also don't have time and inclination sitting in front of a video; we listen to the lectures in the car.

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I try to pick stories that have had movies made. We listen to the story by chapters (1-2 per day) and then watch the movie at the end. The kids love to pick out what's the same / different from the book to the movie. I have two 6 year-olds and a 5yo.

 

The ones my kids have liked best:

Uncle Wiggly's Adventures (no movie)

Winnie the Pooh: The House at Pooh Corner

Wizard of Oz

Mary Poppins

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Charlotte's Web

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

Treasure Island -- they weren't thrilled with the story, but remembered a LOT when we watched the movie & really enjoyed it.

 

Many of the classics have several versions available on audible.com with different readers. If you want to know which ones I chose for any of these, just drop me a note.

 

We're currently listening to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. They didn't like it much at first, but around chapter 7 or 8 things got much more interesting. :)

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Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes! The story is spellbinding, and the narrator is really a performer. It's only like $3.49 though so don't use a credit on it, just buy it. My 12 year old and I just finished it and were sad to reach the end. It does have a little bit of death in it, so not for a super sensitive kid. Ok, maybe not for the average 6 year old ... But it's awesome.

 

The Mysterious Benedict Society books are a steal at a credit each. They are normally like $25. The Invention of Hugh Cabret is really good. These might also be over the head of your 6 year old.

 

We loved Liesl and Po, and it would be good for your kids' ages as long as you don't mind a story about a non-religious afterlife. I bought The Spindlers by the same author but haven't listened to it yet.

 

My soon-to-be-6 year old doesn't enjoy audiobooks yet but he loves listening to me read Pippi Longstocking, and Audible has that.

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Oh, we enjoy so much it's hard to list them all:

 

Peter & The Starcatchers {series}

Olga Da Polga {series}

By The Great Horn Spoon

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 

City Of Ember

Ramona {series}

Penderwicks

Mary Poppins

Nim's Island {I think they only have book 1}

Mr Poppers Penguins

The Water Horse

The Story of Despereaux

My Side of The Mountain

A Little Princess

Pippi Longstockings

Narnia {series}

The Story Of Dr Dolittle

Where The Mt Meets The Moon

Half Magic

Thimble Summer

All Of A Kind Family {series}

Wizard of Oz

Grimm Sisters {series}

39 Clues {series}

Lionboy Trilogy

Humphrey Hamster {series}

 

 

Some wouldn't be appropriate for your children, but others would. Humphrey Hamster would probably be fun for your girls!

 

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We love Black Beauty, but my sensitive niece gets sad listening to it. The narrator is wonderful. The Hobbit gets listened to nearly every night, and I catch ds singing the songs throughout the day. We also enjoyed:

The Golden Goblet

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Anne Hathaway narrating)

Our Island Story

 

That's all I can recall at the moment.

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