NittanyJen Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 We just finished Peter Pan and Little House in the Big Woods. We're about to start Alice in Wonderland. Great idea-- I've put a few books on our list :). Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I don't look at signatures much but what if we started a weekly read aloud thread? Kind of like the "what are you reading, book a week" thread in the general forum. We could list our current read alouds and give our mini reviews, including appropriate age range. What do you guys think? That would alleviate people always having to update signatures (something I'd never remember to do) and keep fresh ideas flowing. This is a great idea. I would participate! We are currently reading The Hobbit; second time around for me and first time around for my younger dc. I'm finding it a bit hard to read aloud and I don't remember it being awkward the first time through. Hoping I'll find my groove soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Nice thread. We are currently finishing off the Laura Ingalls series. We are have way through "These Happy Golden Years". But you can guess this from my avatar picture. I'm always changing it to reflect our current major read aloud. Next up either a Cricket in times square, or the Saturdays rise by Elizabeth Enright, or The School Mouse and other mouse books by Dick King-Smith. (we recently had some up close and personal experience with baby mice. ) We are also reading the autobiography of Bill Peet, and we have just rad about 30 of his picture books. We are half way through Awful Egyptians. (I blame my ipad for all mistakes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 ds 7 - i'm reading aloud: kidnapped, pocahontas and the strangers, and chocolate fever dd 10 - ben & me, 100 dresses, and i just finished reading to her "almost home" (which we both loved!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ok, with the motivation of this thread, I sat the kids down on the couch at 7 pm and started reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. To my surprise, on the couch, even the 2 year old sat down to listen! So maybe I just need to do bedtime story on the couch instead of in their bedroom. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We're currently reading Winona's Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace. I host a link up on my blog each week called Read Aloud Thursday for bloggers to link up posts (reviews, lists, whatever) of their read-alouds. Anyone is welcome to join in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Mine probably won't change real often b/c I am lucky most of the time to read 1 chapter a day to dd while she is playing. Our current book is Swiss Family Robinson. We also read the bible and several board books, as a previous poster said the ones she hasn't eaten yet.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Here's my new signature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShellChelle Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I just changed my siggie. I love this idea! We're starting the Narnia series with The Magician's Nephew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We are HUGE fans of Mysterious Benedict Society in our house. In fact, we just got this in yesterday's mail. We haven't had a chance to dig through it yet, but it looks fabulous! http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Benedict-Society-Perplexing-Conundrums/dp/0316181935/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318018122&sr=8-1 That looks awesome. I may have to order it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I have put our read aloud in my siggy for about a year now. We don't read that fast so I don't have to change it that often. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ok, with the motivation of this thread, I sat the kids down on the couch at 7 pm and started reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. To my surprise, on the couch, even the 2 year old sat down to listen! So maybe I just need to do bedtime story on the couch instead of in their bedroom. :tongue_smilie: We do read alouds for lots of 'reasons' and in lots of places. My kids eat breakfast out of buckets when sitting on the couch listening. Listening before dinner when I'm cooking. Listening before bed in bed. ... We have such a comfortable couch with kick up legs right beside a big bookshelf with out ward facing books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I have different read alouds for my two boys. We alternate read alouds with reading books. I just finished James and the Giant Peach read aloud with my younger son and just started A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court with my older son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 The Wheel on the School, and Little Town in the Osarks-Laura in MO with daughter Rose and Manly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Right now we're reading "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry. Love that book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ok, with the motivation of this thread, I sat the kids down on the couch at 7 pm and started reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. To my surprise, on the couch, even the 2 year old sat down to listen! So maybe I just need to do bedtime story on the couch instead of in their bedroom. :tongue_smilie: We read that book (abridged) and then picked up another book in that series. Turned out to be the last book in the series, but I just loved it. My experience with the Wizard of Oz has been limited to the movie. But we loved the book. THe real book. Baum had quite the imagination and was such a good writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 I have put our read aloud in my siggy for about a year now. We don't read that fast so I don't have to change it that often. :001_smile: :thumbup: You're awesome! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 I don't look at signatures much but what if we started a weekly read aloud thread? Kind of like the "what are you reading, book a week" thread in the general forum. We could list our current read alouds and give our mini reviews, including appropriate age range. What do you guys think? That would alleviate people always having to update signatures (something I'd never remember to do) and keep fresh ideas flowing. This is a good idea. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We recently finished the My Father's Dragon series, and I couldn't decide which chapter book to start next. So even though we've read them all before, we are reading the Billy & Blaze series. We're also reading e.e. cummings "hist whist" every day this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 The Whipping Boy and Runny Babbit Hey, we just started The Whipping Boy tonight. First we finished up Lunch Money by Andrew Clements. We started with Frindle (which was wonderful) and have been on an Andrew Clements jag. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsweetpea Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Pinky Pye is our current read out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Dominic by William Steig/Stieg (how do you spell that?) for the younger boys. This is a family favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 That looks awesome. I may have to order it. Me too, my dd will be so excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just finished reading "Comet in Moominland" and continuing on to "Finn Family Moomintroll" by Tove Jansson. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesdayschild Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I don't look at signatures much but what if we started a weekly read aloud thread? Kind of like the "what are you reading, book a week" thread in the general forum. We could list our current read alouds and give our mini reviews, including appropriate age range. What do you guys think? That would alleviate people always having to update signatures (something I'd never remember to do) and keep fresh ideas flowing. :iagree: (just because it's easier ;)) Current read aloud: Shadow of the Boyd by Diana Menefy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Read aloud - The Big Chunk of Ice - The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientist Club Car listening - On the Banks of Plum Creek 5 year old read aloud - Prince Caspian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Right now we're reading "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry. Love that book! We did that this summer. It was excellent! The boys really liked it! I have another book that follows it... forget what it's called, and I haven't read it yet. :tongue_smilie:A friend of mine shops the book section of thrift stores for me and that was one of the ones she got. We read that book (abridged) and then picked up another book in that series. Turned out to be the last book in the series, but I just loved it. My experience with the Wizard of Oz has been limited to the movie. But we loved the book. THe real book. Baum had quite the imagination and was such a good writer. My experience is also just with the movie. I downloaded this on Google Books on my phone, and it has the pictures and everything! So the kids enjoyed looking at the occasional picture. Just the name of the first chapter grabbed their attention, since they like tornadoes, plus DS1 had read the excerpts that are in WWE1 week 36. Now he gets to hear "the rest of the story". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Great idea!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannanlee Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Our current read aloud for my oldest is The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and with my younger two it varies by the day. We are working through Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Our current read aloud is Blood on the River (about Jamestown) by Elisa Carbone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We just finished Peter Pan and Little House in the Big Woods. We're about to start Alice in Wonderland. Great idea-- I've put a few books on our list :). Jen This sounds like our recent reading list. Writing with Ease has been wonderful here. We just finished Alice in Wonderland and have started Little House on the Prairie at his request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just finished reading "Comet in Moominland" and continuing on to "Finn Family Moomintroll" by Tove Jansson. :001_smile: We have recently discovered the Moomintroll books. Where have these been? We love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Current read alouds.... The Golden Goblet EJ McGraw BFG Roald Dahl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Currently: On the Banks of Plum Creek and The Just So Stories. DD9 is reading the Chronicles of Narnia. She has finished The Magician's Nephew and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe so far. I want to wrangle it out of her hands to read aloud to us all, but she is too firmly attached to it! Luckily she tells us all about it constantly. ***** I like the thread idea better, btw. We change too often for me to remember to change my siggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We have recently discovered the Moomintroll books. Where have these been? We love them! I loved the series growing up and finally my kids are old enough to enjoy them. Brings back all kinds of memories. :D She has a few books for adults too, short stories, I believe. Worth checking them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I loved the series growing up and finally my kids are old enough to enjoy them. Brings back all kinds of memories. :D She has a few books for adults too, short stories, I believe. Worth checking them out. Oo! Thanks! *sigh* As if my "to read" pile weren't big enough.... In a related note, did you know that Russell Hoban (A Bargain for Frances, etc.) wrote a post-apocalyptic novel for adults? Riddley Walker. Dh read it and said it was very good, if tough, reading. Just to keep up the town's reputation for weirdness, there's an adults-only puppet performance of Riddley Walker going on right now. I think we'll go check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just finished The Animal Family with younger ds, and will begin Around the world in 80 days for the middle ds. Great post- gives me ideas for the next book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrightmom Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Done! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 My experience is also just with the movie. I downloaded this on Google Books on my phone, and it has the pictures and everything! I am reading through Oz with the littlest kid now. We're on the second book. Such fun, weird stuff, and great language structures for the kids to get used to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Updating siggy..... Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillon Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We just finished Mr. Popper's Penguins and have started our next book, The Phantom Tollbooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Okay. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I updated my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We just finished On the Banks of Plum Creek. We'll be starting A Wrinkle in Time as soon as our week-end company leaves. My ds 17 is reading The Warlords of Nin to my ds 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melodiya99 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We just finished Sideways Stories from Wayside School...it took us way longer than it could have because the kids kept asking for repeats of certain chapters. Personally, I've never enjoyed a read-aloud so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I have a bunch going at any one time... Five Children and It By the Shores of Silver Lake Burgess Animals Viking Tales (...and I usually consider SOTW and science in our RA's...b/c that is the main medium of teaching those subjects in our house...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaHappy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Snow Treasure and The Adventures of Peter Cottontail :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Updated our siggy as well... Now if I ever remember to KEEP it updated is a different story. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicMama Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 We are reading James and the Giant Peach and listening to Just So Stories on CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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