creekmom Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We're starting back on Monday, and I still can't decide which read aloud I want to do first. I'd love to hear what you're reading! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Well, we started it over the summer, but we're reading Great Expectations. It is (a bit surprisingly) a hit all around so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We're reading A Door in the Wall for ds8, A Dolphin Treasure for ds6, and lots of Pete the Cat books for ds4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskelly Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 :lol: I just looked for the "Like" button! :tongue_smilie: We just finished Dolphin Treasure last night. We started Flat Stanley today, but only because we are going to see the play soon, not because it is fabulous, high quality literature. After that, I think we are going to read Hundred Dresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We've just read Detectives in Togas. The kids loved it. They are also loving the Ranger's Apprentice series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 For my younger 4 - Grandpa's Box. Next up will probably be D'Aulaire's Greek Myths. For my older 2 - Silmarillion (oldest has read it several times.... we're reading it aloud so he can help his younger brother and me when we get confused - as we did several times trying to read it on our own. :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We start in September and will be reading Middleworld as our first read-aloud. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We finished up In Grandma's Attic and then started Red Sails to Capri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) I'm thinking of a Blue Balliett's Chasing Vermeer. Edited August 18, 2012 by crazyforlatin Decided on which one of author's books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Little Women and Island of the Blue Dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Half Magic - I think my kids will really identify with the characters and enjoy the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Just one?! Pretty sure it's going to be Thomas Paine's Common Sense. We ought to have finished Hope's Revolutionary War Diary set by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verity Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We are finishing up Detectives in Togas from our summer reading and will be starting Call It Courage as part of our unit study from ANWOA. I'm excited to try out unit studies, fingers crossed! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAIMOM Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We've just read Detectives in Togas. The kids loved it. They are also loving the Ranger's Apprentice series. My whole family is enjoying working through the rangers apprentice series. We are on book 6 and love that our dad reads in many different voices to us. :bigear: for other good read alouds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Lit read-aloud: Ben and Me History read-aloud: Odin's Family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 James and the Giant Peach and Charlottes Web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) Watership Down by Richard Adams So far the whole crowd, ages 5-15, is loving it! Edited August 18, 2012 by Nancy in SoCal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We are reading both: Wizard of Oz - half way through and LOVING it! King of the Wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Our bedtime read-aloud is The Story of the Amulet - we did 5 children and The Phoenix over the summer. Next we're diving into the Eager series. For lit we are doing 20,000 Leagues under the sea (as a read aloud) Miss P's first independent read is Calico Captive We just got invited to join a book discussion group, and they are doing Middleworld. I'm not sure whether to join - the kids are somewhat older than Miss P is. And it's a loooong book. Have you guys read it? What do you think of it? Would it be a good read aloud, or ok indie read for a 5th grader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 So far, our "official" read-alouds have been: A Bear Called Paddington Trumpet of the Swan Maia of Thebes Charlotte's Web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) I just looked for the "Like" button! :tongue_smilie: :lol::lol: We're starting with Red Sails to Capri Edited August 18, 2012 by MiniBlondes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We're working our way through the Little House series and Farmer Boy is our current read-aloud. I started in May... and set it aside for the summer break. We're almost finished though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We just started Little House on the Prairie tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Galen and the Gateway to Medicine Great thread idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I loved Farmer Boy. I loved reading about how they cut the huge blocks of ice and then stacked them inside the ice house to keep food cool for months. Amazing. His father sounds like the best farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anna~ Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I think ours is going to be The Golden Goblet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) We're starting in September. Planned read-aloud is The Invention of Hugo Cabret Additionally, there are books for history, science, literature study...History: Famous Men of Greece Science: Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way Various short/picture books Lit study: biography of C.S. Lewis; The Snow Queen; When the Sirens Wailed (for a general view of England during WWII) Edited August 18, 2012 by momto2Cs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELITEANDLOVINGIT Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We haven't read yet, but our first read aloud will be from The Story of Science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I'm reading the Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict to Mr. K (because I want to read it too), and George's Secret Key to the Universe (also because I want to read it). Now that looks intriguing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2hunangirls Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 For my K dd - My Father's Dragon series For all - The Little Princess (we LOVED this!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professormom Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The Cat of Bubastes... It is setting the stage for the start.of our second run through history, beginning with Ancient Egypt. We read the first five Ralph Moody/Little Britches books over the summer and they were winners here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We just finished Ballet Shoes. Up next is The Littles. In case it would be of interest to anyone, I am currently posting read aloud lists on my blog using The Read Aloud Handbook, Sonlight, and award-winning books as my basis. So far I have: Preschool Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeplessnights Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 My older two are hearing The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright and I'm reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to everyone at lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We are finishing up Bambi and then will move on to Wrinkle in Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharilynn29 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Around the World in 80 Days!! Starting Monday as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allymom Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We're reading The Tanglewoods Secret by Patricia St. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 For my younger 4 - Grandpa's Box. Next up will probably be D'Aulaire's Greek Myths. For my older 2 - Silmarillion (oldest has read it several times.... we're reading it aloud so he can help his younger brother and me when we get confused - as we did several times trying to read it on our own. :D) We loved Grandfather's Box....even my bigger kids. We are reading Lord of the Rings....my 8 year old insisted after I read him the Hobbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I expect it to be History of US and another US history book soon. Otherwise, finishing summer read aloud's of Through the Eyes of a Stranger (I read it to him), and Prydain Chronicles (he reads at least some to me). I like this thread, and particularly because it has people with children of so many ages posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I just finished Ben and Me with ds. We started Snow Treasure today. I am reading The Adventures of Reddy Fox to dd. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We actually have a few going, lol. We are still working on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The boys loved Little Pilgrim's Progress so much that they asked dh to read it to them again, so that is their bedtime read-aloud. We are also reading the Burgess Seashore Book every morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We're about halfway through Harriet the Spy. I promised the kids a read aloud that had nothing to do with American history. At some point in the middle of The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, they really started to rebel. I was going to hold off on Harriet the Spy or let it be independent reading in a year or so, but Mushroom actually took a tiny notebook to the playground by himself and took three pages (tiny pages, mind you) of spy notes on what was going on there - how many grown ups, how many kids, who was on what, what was going on... I promise, he had never heard of the book and Harriet's journal. So I was like, okay, clearly, we HAVE to read this next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Our first scheduled book is The Princess and the Goblin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Guns for General Washington before bed, Ben & Me during school time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momgenet Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Since we are in modern, more American history this year with my younger ones, we are reading the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is a museum less than 10 miles from here, where she wrote the books. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We are currently reading The Railway Children and Don Quixote (children's version). So far, they prefer Don Quixote:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in MS Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Since we school year round I am not really sure what our first book of the year would be. One of these: Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin Phoebe and the General Boy of the Pyramids Ginger Pye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We started with Magic School Bus Food Chain Frenzy. (Took 2 days so it doesn't count.) Now we are reading Burgess Book of Animals and Adam and His Kin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We are also reading the Burgess Seashore Book every morning. OOOOh I don't have that one! I have the Animals book and the Birds book though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 DS7: Mary Poppins Opens the Door. This is the third book in the series and frankly, I am getting a little tired of Mary, but DS wants us to read them all. DS4: The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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