Guest milkpitcher Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Did any else have this problem? I was searching for early readers, and someone suggested the Days Go By series - I have 2 boys. In one of the books, 35 pages are devoted to 2 amish girls (i think amish) playing with dolls. Obviously, both my boys did not want tor ead these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChicken Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 There are also boys and dogs and wagons. My son loves them! They are Amish, which we love because we have Amish friends and neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Are those the Pathway readers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Yes, Days Go By are from the Pathway readers. My younger son is in the midst of the doll stories now. He finds it amusing, but maybe that is because he has younger sisters. Like the PP said, there are lots of more boyish stories also. If you don't like the Pathway readers and want some sort of readers, Christian Light Education also has good readers that are a nice mix of girl and boy stories. They are Mennonite though and not Amish so there are more direct in their teaching of the Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 My son pretty much hated it but I required him to read 3 pages per day at age 6 because the repetition was needed. After that he went straight to Magic Tree House and Box Car. So yes. I had that problem. But because of the limited availability of repetitive early readers with good moral content I used them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Did any else have this problem? I was searching for early readers, and someone suggested the Days Go By series - I have 2 boys. In one of the books, 35 pages are devoted to 2 amish girls (i think amish) playing with dolls. Obviously, both my boys did not want tor ead these. Are you only planning on having them read about boys? My oldest son liked the books he has read so far, and I'm sure my younger one will, too, but I'd have them read them anyhow. The books are about a family. Some of the stories focus on the girls. I don't see a down side to this unless they are still in the painfully sounding something out stage where I give a bit more leeway for interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Considering that the next 46 pages are devoted to a boy and his dog, we had no problem. I actually thought the books leaned more heavily to boy friendly stories, but my dd didn't seem to mind. My son found the doll part very funny - with the cat dressed up and all. It is so hard to find good early readers that I was (am) willing to overlook a few issues. My two oldest loved this series, but we do have a small farm so maybe these stories are more relevant to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 My son just wasn't into farm stories. But as I said, I found them immensely good for that stage between beginning readers and independent reading. Worth a few complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyjoh62080 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 My DS7 is reading that very book right now and yes they are talking about the dolls and he doesn't have a problem with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campmom Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 My 2 boys love these readers, they begged for the next one when they finished one if I didn't have it ready for them. I also bought the old Alice and Jerry readers (the whole set) and they loved them also great stories and beautiful art work. Alice and Jerry teaches about different things through the reading, places time periods etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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