tammyw Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We recently started The Phantom Tollbooth (dd8 and I). We've wanted to read it for a while, but it's our next Arrow lesson. So far, it's interesting. Very different! I need to find a new story to get into with DS5. We started with The Trumpet of the Swan but he wasn't into it (though dd was liking it) and it kind of gotten forgotten about. I will finish it with her but want to find something he loves. He did really like Paddington when we read that and most of Pinnochio. He's much harder to please than she is. He has a strong need for pictures and he can only sit still so long. If we read at bedtime, he falls asleep. It's much harder with him, and I admit I already fear he won't be the bookworm that she is. He's more interested in math and science, so I do try to tailor books to him from that interest level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfullyNoisy Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I have a DS 5, and a DD 6. We're reading The Phantom Tollbooth at the moment too! Of course, my DD is getting quite a bit more from it than my DS, but he enjoys listening in. I've considered photo copying and enlarging the map at the beginning and giving him a car to drive along with us as we read. It may make things easier - as usual, I waited too long to think of it and it's probably too late now. That idea may have to wait for the re-reading a few seasons from now. :) We also read Trumpet of the Swan, Little House in the Big Woods, Charlotte's Web, Mr. Poppers Penguins and The Indian in the Cupboard earlier this year (DD was probably already 6 and DS still 4). Again, she got more from it, though he listened along (less intently, of course!). For my DS I try to read what peaks his interest and not worry about the lengthier books making it "through" to him yet. That pressure might discourage his love of listening, so I just let him fiddle as I read to DD and then keep his story times a bit simpler and shorter. He's loving FIAR. I hope my hurried babbling gives you some idea of how we're balancing the same issue. :) I hope you get a lot of great responses, because we could certainly use more ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Anna of Byzantium for school and Miss Bianca in the Antarctic for bedtime reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfcartmama Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We're reading Matilda aloud this week. My DS could probably read it on his own, but it's more fun as a family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenjenn Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Reading "The Trumpet of the Swan" to both my girls (age 6 and 9) this week. Also reading "The Hobbit" slllowly to my 6-year-old. She loves hearing old stories and old books for some reason, but has a limited attention span for it. So we read like 2-3 pages at a time. Sometimes I wonder if she is actually enjoying it, but she insists that she is and asks for it almost daily, and then asks for me to stop almost every time after 2-3 pages. Isn't that weird? Meanwhile my 9 yr old, who, if it is a book she likes, will want me to read it cover to cover in one sitting, cannot stand listening to The Hobbit. We just left off at at a chapter end.. next chapter is "Riddles in the Dark" - I hope at least THAT one fascinates her enough to listen to the whole chapter! It's the most intriguing part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 I just read The Raft by Jim LaMarche today (a picture book) and we all really enjoyed that one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) I am reading Ice Drift to dd's and I am reading the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh to ds's. Next we are going to read Medicine Walk . Some day we will get to the Wind in the Willows. Someday. I am also slowly reading through Kingdom Tales (part of MFW ECC). All 4 dc LOVE that book!! Edited October 24, 2011 by wy_kid_wrangler04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We're reading "Escape from Egypt" and "The Secret School" aloud (my 11 y/o and I). My son, about to turn 6, is enjoying things like "A Storybook Treasury for Boys" and "A Treasury for Five Year Olds" and stuff like that. One of the first chapter books he sat still for was The Indian In The Cupboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Still working our way through The Witches, but Ariel LOVES it. She begged me to read extra yesterday, including rereading the chapters from the night before so she could act it out more accurately. She usually listens politely but doesn't ask for more reading, unless it's a picture book. I'm kind of at a loss what to follow it up with. Maybe The Mysterious Benedict Society or Fantastic Mr. Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We JUST started The Wheel on the School . I have a feeling it is going to take awhile. I'm not doing so great on the read aloud front for the big kids. . .but I'm trying to focus on the fact that we are staying on task in other subjects. (pout alert) I'm just so tired and HUGE already. . .and I'm only 23 weeks. I get overwhelmed when I think about how huge and uncomfortable I'm going to be in a couple more months. I can hardly get dressed as it is!:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We're starting From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Swiss Family Robinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Read alouds today: Poetry by Edgar Allen Poe, The Creed in Slow Motion, A Little History of the World, My Side of the Mountain, Son of Neptune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor's Wife Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We're reading the Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh to our three year old. He loves it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 DD the Elder -- The Three Musketeers (Pevear translation) DD the Younger -- Little Town on the Prairie, Aesop's Fables Both kids -- Five Children and It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Salamandastron, by Brian Jacques. I am so freaking tired of reading Redwall books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 A Door in the Wall The Long Winter Five Children and It ...and we are discussing whether we should start the Burgess Birds book or the Seashore book...just finished the Animals last week. And, ds5 is on a Dr Suess kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piraterose Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We are 3/4 through Peter Pan and Wendy. Our other read aloud (she reads to me) is Mother goose rhymes - it's really helping her, because she has a habit of putting in extra words (or leaving them out). The poetry/rhyming is helping her to understand that it was written to be read a certain way - even if her additions/subtractions don't mess with the meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We're about 1/2 way through Pinocchio. We are really enjoying this but the kids want a "real" book next. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland_Mom Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We're reading Johnny tremain -- and loving every page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We are about 3/4 of the way through a retelling of The Odyssey. We also started reading Ronia, the Robber's Daughter. It is by Astrid Lindgrin and good so far, but we've only read 2 chapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 The Mailbox Trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IdahoMtnMom Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 My kids are only 3 and 4 and we are continuing to work our way through the World Treasury of Children's literature. On tap this week are * Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car * Mrs. Cimkins Bathtub * Puss and Boots * The Happy Lion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Tales from Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green for daytime history & The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan for Bedtime this week.... Also finishing up the Gilgamesh series of 3 picturebooks by Ludmila Zeman. (finished with Mesopotamian studies last week, but had to wait for the books to arrive from backorder...) I need to start the MCT Literature course I ordered...but my 12 yo is enjoying all the historical fiction that ties to the history so much that I'm hesitant to change anything....Upcoming reads include Mara, Daughter of the Nile, The Golden Goblet, & Theodosia and the Serpent of Chaos...He finished The Red Pyramid and The Throne of Fire last week) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Island of the Blue Dolphins during school readaloud DH is reading A Wrinkle in Time with the oldest two at bedtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ofus Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We just finished The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, & now we're enjoying a pleasant romp through Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. The boys could read both of these independently, but I enjoy them too! Sooooo....I guess it's more for me than them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory It's such a fun read aloud! (I actually had never read the book before.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory It's such a fun read aloud! (I actually had never read the book before.) We are starting this as well this week! I have not ready it yet either so I am excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 A Place in the Sun for our Ancient Egypt study and Because of Winn Dixie for the book/movie club I'm leading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We finished The Wind in the Willows Friday night. It was wonderful! I linked to our family review. We're going to start Mary Poppins tonight. I've never read it, and I'm excited. We're continuing with The Bronze Bow and The House at Pooh Corner. We'll probably also read a lot of D'Aulaire's Greek Myths and maybe Black Ships Before Troy because that's where we are in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 For our daily read aloud we started Redwall by Brian Jacques. I'm going to gain ten pounds from reading about the feasts. For our history read aloud we will be doing An Island Story to review Rome's influence on Britain, and we are working our way through a beautifully (and graphically) illustrated book of Celtic myth and legend called The Names Upon the Harp. Our current listening selection was supposed to be Peter Pan, but we sort of got hooked on the Silver Chair. So the Silver Chair it is. For Bedtime, we don't have a chapter book this week, but will probably read some A.A. Milne, and some folk tales from the library. Currently both boys are requesting The Cow on the Roof, and I like The Rooster Prince of Breslov very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buram Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We are reading Poppy by Avi. My dd6 is really enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Our current read a loud is "Sarah Whitcher's Story" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessieC Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Just finished The Boxcar Children #3 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Treasure Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Peter Pan, again. Brilliant book. Picked up Dracula tonight because I thought I could prevail upon DH to read it to the older boys. Thought it would be good, given the season. I think Frankenstein, which they had planned to read this summer but never got to, might be a better choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 Hikers Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We are reading The Best Halloween Ever, and at night I am reading Jungle Book to my 7yo. I read Caps for Sale to my youngest today, probably chose a couple different picture books tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 The book that originally got my dd into reading chapter books was a Great Illustrated Classics version of Black Beauty. I really love the Great Illustrated Classics because they have an illustration on each double page. That was enough to get my dd at about age 4 to let me read it to her. Right now, we are reading the Little House series, and she is wanting to read Caddie Woodlawn next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We're reading the Lord of the Rings and are somewhere in the middle of The Two Towers (the battle of Helms Deep has just finished! :001_smile:) So far this school year we have also read Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. We loved them both! :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We are still working on The Magic of Reality and started The Magician's Elephant tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Current read-aloud is Toliver's Secret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 ds8--we just finished reading the last story in Just So Stories. We have picked this book up off and on throughout the years. Somehow it never clicked (except The Elephant's Child which even my toddler loves---I think because we have the picture book version of that). But ds8 finally started to like the stories. We're also reading Burgess Bird Book (again) and playing around with choral poetry reading with Paul Fleishman's book Joyful Noise. (My son is on the spectrum and I'm hoping choral reading will help with his prosody speech skills). ds4- I've been reading a chapter or two of the Winnie the Pooh books to him as well as some of AA Milne's poetry (he doesn't care for the poetry just yet). For bedtime we've been reading every, "Jack and Annie!!!!!" Magic Tree House book there ever was. (Momma is trying to keep her enthusiasm up to match her little man's) He is obsessed with them and actually doing spontaneous oral narrations and learning a bit of history etc. He's been asking for the research guides. So far those aren't a big hit---but my 8 year old likes them. dd15months is getting the Eric Carle treatment1 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We finished Flat Stanley today and started The Littles this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Catwings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekmom Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We just finished Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and it was a beautiful story!! We just started The Candy Shop War, and my kids are begging me to read more of it each day! My 12 year old had tears in his eyes when I wouldn't let him read ahead of us!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Currently reading Son of Charlemagne. My ds likes it but dd says she is in another world when I read it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Wind in the Willows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We are beginning The Trojan War by Olivia Coolidge and a book called Tirzah. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCamper Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 We just finished Beowulf today! Terrific read aloud. Tomorrow we start MacBeth. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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