joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Did anyone choose books other than the suggested ones? If so what were they and how did you like them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch Room Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Did anyone choose books other than the suggested ones? If so what were they and how did you like them? I didn't, but so far they like the one we've read. We've only ready one though :) We have Bigger's boy interest pack. I think I may choose my own next year, but who knows. There are just so many great books out there. We read to the kids at night as well, so I get to pick those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlcc Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We've read quite many of HoD's storytime recommendations, but have also branched out on our own. Which program are you using? I could share our favorites from it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sew happily ever after Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We are choosing our own for the most part, but I do have some of the listed choices and might read those. Our current story time title is Missionary stories with the millers--a fabulous read aloud and the kids keep asking for more stories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch Room Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We are choosing our own for the most part, but I do have some of the listed choices and might read those. Our current story time title is Missionary stories with the millers--a fabulous read aloud and the kids keep asking for more stories! Ohh....I need to remember to add that in some way. We own it, but I haven't read it to the kiddos yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 We've read quite many of HoD's storytime recommendations, but have also branched out on our own. Which program are you using? I could share our favorites from it ... That would be great! We are doing Bigger :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I picked my own (we're using Bigger too). I looked at their online bookstore by genre and picked books that interested us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 I picked my own (we're using Bigger too). I looked at their online bookstore by genre and picked books that interested us. HOD's online bookstore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 My main reason for asking is because I can't decide on a biography. I don't really want to do the ones suggested. Ben & Me is scheduled as an extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 That would be great! We are doing Bigger :) We're doing Bigger too. I did pick from HOD's choices, BUT I picked the books I knew we'd love based on what my oldest loved- or I loved reading to him. We're currently reading Ben & Me and we both love it. So funny from the mouse's perspective, but still good info. Some others that I know we'll love based on my reason above: Snow Treasure The Indian in the Cupboard Balto and the Great Race By the Great Horn Spoon Rascal The Whipping Boy (I consider these last three don't miss titles for every child!) My ds was excited to see Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective on the list, so we'll read that too. A few of the ones we'll miss, like The Balloon Boy of San Francisco and Misty of Chincoteague, we'll read at bedtime, over breaks or the summer. I have some other non-HOD titles we'll be reading and we read those almost exclusively at bedtime. All of that said, if you have other titles available go with what you want. There are soooo many good books available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 My main reason for asking is because I can't decide on a biography. I don't really want to do the ones suggested. Ben & Me is scheduled as an extension. Ben & Me is also in the Classic Set; are you saying you do or don't want to read that one? That is the bio that we read and my ds loved it. HOD has so many suggestions, we normally do read their suggestions for the actual storytime, but will occasionally add another one additionally if I see that Sonlight or TOG or MFW has a book that I really want to read that isn't scheduled in HOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_Mom Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 You really can choose any biography that you'd like. I've used HOD's choices from the back of the Bigger guide, as well as other selections. Really any biography that you and your children are interested in would work! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Ben & Me is also in the Classic Set; are you saying you do or don't want to read that one? That is the bio that we read and my ds loved it. HOD has so many suggestions, we normally do read their suggestions for the actual storytime, but will occasionally add another one additionally if I see that Sonlight or TOG or MFW has a book that I really want to read that isn't scheduled in HOD. I do want to read it, but since my son is going to be doing the extensions and it is listed as one of those I didn't think it would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Are you looking for a biography from a specific time period? If you wanted to do something similar to Ben and Me you could read Paul Revere and I (told by the horse's point of view). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you didn't already know in the back of the Beyond and Bigger guides there are even more storytime suggestions. There is like 4-5 per genre. I'm always on the look out for all of the storytime suggestions at thrift stores, so I own almost all of them. I let the kids pick which one they want. Also it would be just fine to pick your own, but we have enjoyed all of the HOD suggestion(well all except for Ginger Pye:sleep:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Are you looking for a biography from a specific time period? If you wanted to do something similar to Ben and Me you could read Paul Revere and I (told by the horse's point of view). Great idea! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 If you didn't already know in the back of the Beyond and Bigger guides there are even more storytime suggestions. There is like 4-5 per genre. I'm always on the look out for all of the storytime suggestions at thrift stores, so I own almost all of them. I let the kids pick which one they want. Also it would be just fine to pick your own, but we have enjoyed all of the HOD suggestion(well all except for Ginger Pye:sleep:). Ginger Pye? Really? I thought it sounded interesting and fun.... we haven't read it yet, but I have been excited about reading it. Was it boring to your family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 HOD's online bookstore? Here. They have books listed by genre so it's easy to find what you're looking for. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch Room Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) My main reason for asking is because I can't decide on a biography. I don't really want to do the ones suggested. Ben & Me is scheduled as an extension. Yeah, the extension readers mess things up sometimes. Pedro's Journal is scheduled as an extension in Bigger, but is used as an independent history reader in Preparing. I didn't have my guy read it in case we do Preparing next year. You run into the same problem with Ben and Me. I have probably studied the HOD catalog way too much! :o BTW, I didn't think Jed Smith looked terribly interesting, but my 10 year old son has really liked it a lot. I guess it's a boy thing. There's a lot of adventure that a boy would like in that one. Edited September 7, 2012 by waternclay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Yeah, the extension readers mess things up sometimes. Pedro's Journal is scheduled as an extension in Bigger, but is used as an independent history reader in Preparing. I didn't have my guy read it in case we do Preparing next year. You run into the same problem with Ben and Me. I have probably studied the HOD catalog way too much! :o BTW, I didn't think Jed Smith looked terribly interesting, but my 10 year old son has really liked it a lot. I guess it's a boy thing. There's a lot of adventure that a boy would like in that one. I was thinking the same thing about Pedro's Journal. There is also some overlap in the suggested books for DITHOR too. I guess maybe these ones are just such good books Carrie wanted to make sure they got read one way or another :) So did you have your son read Jed Smith as part of his DITHOR assignment or did you use it for your storytime read aloud? BTW I have been really enjoying our emails :tongue_smilie: Wasn't sure if you realized it was me or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Another question for you ladies. I keep reading about the extension assignments and how some people do the extensions but don't have their child do the assignment that goes with it. I am not seeing any assignments in my guide. Am I missing something? I am pretty tired these days so I very well could just be overlooking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Ginger Pye? Really? I thought it sounded interesting and fun.... we haven't read it yet, but I have been excited about reading it. Was it boring to your family? Well I was reading it to my dd and we got about half way through until I decided to drop it today. It felt extremely tedious to me to read. The chapters are extremely long and I found it very uninteresting. I asked my daughter today if she even cared to find out what happened and she said no not really. It was extremely liberating to ditch it.:lol: I felt like such a rebel.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Another question for you ladies. I keep reading about the extension assignments and how some people do the extensions but don't have their child do the assignment that goes with it. I am not seeing any assignments in my guide. Am I missing something? I am pretty tired these days so I very well could just be overlooking it. AFAIK there are no assignments beyond the comprehension questions in the back of the guide (if you pick the books they suggest). I just have dd read a chapter or so a day and then tell me about it. There's enough going on with Bigger that I wanted to keep this fairly low key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch Room Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I was thinking the same thing about Pedro's Journal. There is also some overlap in the suggested books for DITHOR too. I guess maybe these ones are just such good books Carrie wanted to make sure they got read one way or another :) So did you have your son read Jed Smith as part of his DITHOR assignment or did you use it for your storytime read aloud? BTW I have been really enjoying our emails :tongue_smilie: Wasn't sure if you realized it was me or not. I had him read Jed Smith as a DITHOR assignment. We follow DITHOR pretty loosely. If a worksheet looks like it might help comprehinsion, we do it. If it looks too time consuming, we skip it. We just finished George Rogers Clark as our Story Time Biography read-aloud. My oldest gave Jed Smith an 8 out of 10 in likeability. I wasn't sure it was you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch Room Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Another question for you ladies. I keep reading about the extension assignments and how some people do the extensions but don't have their child do the assignment that goes with it. I am not seeing any assignments in my guide. Am I missing something? I am pretty tired these days so I very well could just be overlooking it. I just have him orally narrate what he read. I don't expect much. They extensions have helped him get a greater understanding of our history readings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Well I was reading it to my dd and we got about half way through until I decided to drop it today. It felt extremely tedious to me to read. The chapters are extremely long and I found it very uninteresting. I asked my daughter today if she even cared to find out what happened and she said no not really. It was extremely liberating to ditch it.:lol: I felt like such a rebel.;) :lol: Such a rebel! I wonder if we will feel the same way about it. You really can't judge a book by the cover... or the summary lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlcc Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Here are the titles I read aloud that we all loved: Grandma's Attic Baby Island Understood Betsy The Whipping Boy The titles I thought were mediocre: Rascal The Indian in the Cupboard Ben and Me My oldest read these independently and loved them: Farmer Boy Encyclopedia Brown By the Great Horn Spoon He also read the extension books, enjoying most, with his favorite being Guns for General Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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