zaichiki Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 What is your 5 y.o. absolutely wild about? What will (s)he re-read over and over and... for hours? Ds(5) is like this with Calvin and Hobbes. :glare: When dd ws 5 it was Dr. Seuss. My oldest was in love with any books written by Robert Ballard (found the Titanic and JFK's PT-109) when he was 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourFidgetyFriend Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh my! My 5yo dd is also obsessed with Calvin and Hobbes! I wasn't all that familiar with it until she picked it up at the library and promptly became obsessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 My son got hooked on Calvin at 5 too. I crocheted him a Hobbes for his 6th birthday :) He moved on to Foxtrot (after reading every Calvin book I have) and now catches some of the allusions from Foxtrot as we read literature now. It's fun to hear, "Oh! That explains this comic..." :D I think the comics increased his vocabulary too. My husband was teasing him the other night and asked him to use an impressive vocabulary word to show he had a good vocabulary (after ds was bragging about it). Ds said, "Let me ponder that..." and went to think, not realizing that "ponder" would have done it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Funny! I would have said anything about birds. He has an obsession that has been going on for a long time. But now that you mention C&H it reminds me that he LOVES Garfield right now. Uncle gave him a Garfield treasury. Ds has read it over and over, sitting on the couch giggling to himself.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Right now, my DS is obsessed with any books about the human body. Good thing we're at biology in the 4 yr. cycle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_midori Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Amelia Bedelia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Whatever I check out from the library. She loves Amelia Bedelia, Calvin and Hobbes, Berenstein Bears [which I hate]. She just told me that she hasn't read Magic Tree House yet, she's just been looking at them. :tongue_smilie: I do need to check for gaps in her phonics, she kinda taught herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsDoMath Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Encyclopedia Brown. Nancy Drew. Her dad recently picked up Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook (a graphic novel about being smart and liking science), and she LOVED that, but I can't find anything else like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 I think the comics increased his vocabulary too. Isn't that great?! My 5 y.o. is now asking everyone in the family to play "the gross out game." He says that it's Calvin's game... Other than that I haven't yet heard the vocabulary. My oldest, though, is ALWAYS working vocab he gets from reading into his conversations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Amelia Bedelia!' I remember when my dd was into Amelia Bedelia. We had to ILL some of the titles b/c our library didn't have them all and she HAD to read them. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Harry Potter. He's obsessed. I'm only letting him have the first three, and he just keeps reading and rereading them. Also Deltora Quest and Beast Quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 My son is reading and re-reading the 3 Halloween costume catalogs we've recently gotten in the mail, as well has his ratty toy catalogs from last year. (Does anyone else have a kid that does this? He loves them!) We are almost done reading the first Harry Potter together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Harry Potter. He's obsessed. I'm only letting him have the first three, and he just keeps reading and rereading them. Also Deltora Quest and Beast Quest. I am planning on stopping at the fourth book, but I'm not sure when I will let him read the last 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Harry Potter. He's obsessed. I'm only letting him have the first three, and he just keeps reading and rereading them. This was my oldest at 6 and 7. He snuck the 6th book at 8 y.o. and then went back and reread them all over and over. He would read nothing else for weeks. Months maybe. It freaked me out a bit and I took them all away and donated them to my library. Heh. Now I'm repurchasing them. :o Thankfully my 5 y.o. lets me do the HP books as read alouds, though he has snuck parts of chapters here and there. We're on Chamber of Secrets right now and he is fascinated, though a bit scared. He has asked me to read the book, but not. to. say. the. word. basilisk. I'm not sure how much further we're going to go before I put the books on hold. I'd like to read him parts of the third book. We'll see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 My son is reading and re-reading the 3 Halloween costume catalogs we've recently gotten in the mail, as well has his ratty toy catalogs from last year. (Does anyone else have a kid that does this? He loves them!). Yes! (raising hand) Me! My boys love their Lego catalogs. They also try to save all the toy catalogs we get during Christmas shopping season. They look at them constantly. My dd loves clothing catalogs -- Hannah Anderson and Lands' End. Talk about window shopping (and comparing sizes, prices, and descriptions)! She pairs things up to make outfits and circles everything she likes. She won't let me throw them out! (I hardly ever purchase from them, but I have to admit that I do like window shopping this way, too. hee hee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Well not to scare you, but dd, whose first book was a Calvin & Hobbes, STILL loves comics. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Well not to scare you, but dd, whose first book was a Calvin & Hobbes, STILL loves comics. :) :lol: My 12 y.o. is like that too. He'll read Tom Clancy, but the next day he's curled up with a Tin Tin or Calvin and Hobbes. He's read them so many times he must have them memorized by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowimscrappin Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 My 6 year old last year read and re-read Boxcar Children about 20 times! It was a read-aloud for Core K and when I put the book down for the day one day, I found her about a hour alter, having snuck back into the room to find out what happened next! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Oh Boxcar... I never read them when I was a kid, but dd loved them. She would rearrange her room and turn it into a "boxcar" to pretend stories about the kids. As an only, it was her virtual play world. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtney.byrum Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Anything she can get her hands on! She has read and reread Ivy and Bean, Franny K Stein (3 times in a week, there are 7 books!), Nancy Dew and the Clue Crew books, etc. We are doing the 1st Harry Potter as a read aloud right now but I think she has read a few chapters on her own as well. She loves Garfield and Babymouse and always has some of those out of the library it seems. She has read some longer books (trying to talk her into more of those as she will read 5-10 shorter ones a night) like Half Magic, Goddess Girls, Bobbsey Twins but loves the shorter series too much to give them up yet I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 My newly turned 6y/o loves the Thea stilton books (reads them in an afternoon), magic faraway tree books are a hit too. She enjoyed the first series of unfortunate events book. She always chooses a mountain of those easy rainbow fairy books from the library and reads through one in her reading/rest time in the afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 My 5 year old isn't reading much compared with some here. I write him books called, "The Box Car Pets". It stars the 4 favorite stuffed animals in the house; two panadas (Panda and JigO), Mousey and Chicky. When writing the books I can write out the names Panda and JigO, but I use pictures to represent Mousey and Chicky. Each book is made by cutting two pieces of paper in half, folding them and stapling them. The first ten books used only short vowels. The latest book used the vowel combination "oo" in the word "look". The series has great titles such as: In a up box Ick and yuck Nut gun (The book also had a rat gun, which shot rats out of it) I draw one picture in each book. One book had a picture of chicky kicking a poo. I think the words were "Chicky kicks a ick plop." Great literature I know. When my youngest is done with it he wants to sell the series to the library. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 off topic - but zaichiki, I see you are doing russian. Can I ask what resources you use? We're planning to start russian in 2012 but I'm finding it hard to source a good program... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 off topic - but zaichiki, I see you are doing russian. Can I ask what resources you use? We're planning to start russian in 2012 but I'm finding it hard to source a good program... We have fridge magnets, toddler and children's books, kids' songs on CD and kids movies' on DVD, and Rosetta Stone Russian. Russian is dh's native language, so we have a native speaker handy too. :lol: I'm currently looking for a Russian-as-a-second-language beginning grammar curriculum for kids b/c dd wants something she can do in a textbook/workbook instead of on the computer. Hmmm... not sure where to look for that... Most of the curriculum stuff out there is for high school/college... She really needs something made for kids. If you find something good let me know too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Both dds are suddenly enamored of The Magic School Bus in the Solar System (or outer space or whatever it is). The Sponge was reading it on the potty :lol: and The Drama has asked me to read it about every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Blessings Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Favorites for my 5 yr. old were Roald Dahl books, American Girl books, E.B. White and Beverly Cleary books. My son at that age read geography and animal books more than anything else, but when I forced fiction he chose those books . My daughter at that age would also choose some fairy books that I very much disliked. Luckily she has outgrown those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsDoMath Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 My daughter at that age would also choose some fairy books that I very much disliked. Luckily she has outgrown those! I eagerly await this!!! :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 We have fridge magnets, toddler and children's books, kids' songs on CD and kids movies' on DVD, and Rosetta Stone Russian. Russian is dh's native language, so we have a native speaker handy too. :lol: I'm currently looking for a Russian-as-a-second-language beginning grammar curriculum for kids b/c dd wants something she can do in a textbook/workbook instead of on the computer. Hmmm... not sure where to look for that... Most of the curriculum stuff out there is for high school/college... She really needs something made for kids. If you find something good let me know too! Darn, I was hoping for some super fantastic insider tips! :D I've been looking at Russian step-by-step as our main contender at this stage, but tbh I have no idea yet! http://russianstepbystep.com/ It looks more for adults, but maybe I can tailor it? If I come up with something I'll let you know! :001_smile: My DH speaks a similar slavic language (not cyrilic though), but we're all keen to learn russian together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) I've been looking at Russian step-by-step as our main contender at this stage, but tbh I have no idea yet! http://russianstepbystep.com/ It looks more for adults, but maybe I can tailor it? If I come up with something I'll let you know! :001_smile: I watched the video. I started out thinkinig it would be great. The first sections (text/dialogue, exercises, and grammar) seemed likey they'd be a good fit. But there's too much extraneous stuff in that book. Answer keys in the back? A dictionary? Why not just get a real dictionary? I've not seen anything else yet, though. If I find anything I'll let you know. ETA: I found this! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1456538985/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER We also have this: My First 1000 Words in Russian. Edited August 25, 2011 by zaichiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbeam Jones Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The Phantom Tollbooth Liza, Bill and Jed series by Peggy Parish Homer Price These are the three that seem to come up in heavy rotation. Oh and Cracks in the Sidewalk by Crystal Bowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jryanbass Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Ok... My 6 year old is not reading at all. He just turned 6, but I was thinking that was pretty normal. Is it not?:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Ok... My 6 year old is not reading at all. He just turned 6, but I was thinking that was pretty normal. Is it not?:confused: I think that is pretty normal. If it makes you feel better you can look at my post. My 5 year old isn't reading much compared with some here. I write him books called, "The Box Car Pets". It stars the 4 favorite stuffed animals in the house; two pandas (Panda and JigO), Mousey and Chicky. When writing the books I can write out the names Panda and JigO, but I use pictures to represent Mousey and Chicky. Each book is made by cutting two pieces of paper in half, folding them and stapling them. The first ten books used only short vowels. The latest book used the vowel combination "oo" in the word "look". The series has great titles such as: In a up box Ick and yuck Nut gun (The book also had a rat gun, which shot rats out of it) I draw one picture in each book. One book had a picture of chicky kicking a poo. I think the words were "Chicky kicks a ick plop." Great literature I know. When my youngest is done with it he wants to sell the series to the library. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Ok... My 6 year old is not reading at all. He just turned 6, but I was thinking that was pretty normal. Is it not?:confused: It *is* normal. And fine. But that's the reason I posted this thread on the accelerated learner's board and not the K-8 or General Forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Martin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My boys love their Lego catalogs. My sons, who are only two and four, regularly fight over the Lego catalogs. The last one we got is in tatters, but there is less fighting now because it has been pulled apart into multiple sections. Lego must know how to make those things appealing. My oldest is not quite five, but he just reads all the picture books in the house. The Best Nest, Crictor, and What's Alive were popular for a while, but I haven't noticed any particular favorite lately. He's not interested in reading chapter books, too many words on the pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It *is* normal. And fine. But that's the reason I posted this thread on the accelerated learner's board and not the K-8 or General Forums. Opps, sorry. I never noticed that. In that case, my posts don't belong. :) Sorry everyone. (Except for wall climbing, and all sorts of climbing my youngest is pretty much within the range of normal in all things) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Martin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I do need to check for gaps in her phonics, she kinda taught herself. How do you do that? I can't imagine that my oldest son will ever sit through a series of phonics lessons when we start formal schooling. How do you find the gaps without studying phonics? Have them read aloud each day when you start formal school and listen for the mistakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 How do you do that? I can't imagine that my oldest son will ever sit through a series of phonics lessons when we start formal schooling. How do you find the gaps without studying phonics? Have them read aloud each day when you start formal school and listen for the mistakes? A member here (Elizabeth?) has some pages with "nonsense words" on her site that you could use. I don't have a five year old...but my four year old has been reading herself the stories in the "What Your Preschooler Needs to Know" book. Her other favorite book right now is a "Fun with Words" child's dictionary. She recently informed me that her toy box is full of commodities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Martin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 She recently informed me that her toy box is full of commodities. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jryanbass Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It *is* normal. And fine. But that's the reason I posted this thread on the accelerated learner's board and not the K-8 or General Forums. OOPS! I am sorry! I just clicked new posts, and didn't notice the particular board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Both my boys were reading Harry Potter at that age. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 She recently informed me that her toy box is full of commodities. :lol: Now that is cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 My sons, who are only two and four, regularly fight over the Lego catalogs. Yesterday I told them I was going to get rid of ALL the Lego catalogs ("and any catalog I can find!!!") in the whole house. I had completely lost my patience for the bickering: "that's MY catalog -- no YOURS is the other one -- you ripped a page out of MY catalog -- but *I* want a turn next!- and on and on and on...) What a mean mother I am. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 (edited) Wrong thread. This is not my thread. Edited August 27, 2011 by Julie Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyoflearning Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Mine turned 5 last week. She loves any kind of fairy tale or princess books she can find. She has enjoyed for a long time Henry and Mudge, Amelia Bedelia, and anything by Arnold Lobell. Recently, she's been really into all the anatomy type books I got to go along with LOS and CC for the year that I was not intending for her to read yet. Good thing I have some that I plan to get from the library later. We have to compromise in her schoolwork because she wants to read everything to me that is meant to be a read aloud including the devotionals (we take turns). Sometimes I have to keep the newspaper where she can't see the headlines. Basically, if it looks like a kids book and has entered the house she will read it. If it looks like something that she *knows* I want her to read for knowledge she won't be interested. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 My dd didn't have much interest in reading for entertainment at age 5, she always (and still) prefers writing books herself. Finally, she is getting into more books at age 6. She went from reading nothing on her own to Beverly Cleary, Kathryn Lasky, and and Moominland, which are current favorites. We just finished A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett on audiobook, and now she wants to read the book on her own. She had picked out the Classic Starts (abridged) version but noticed it just wasn't the same. She started to read the free unabridged version on my iPad, but she prefers real books. So today we may get that. On the way down she is begging to listen to the Hobbit, an audiobook we started last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Yes, Lego catalogs as well. He loves catalogs! I'm going to try to find an age appropriate comic book for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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