aggieamy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ramona the Pest and Hour of the Olympics (Magic Treehouse), plus Ramona Quimby, Age 8 in the car. We're stuck in a bit of a Beverly Cleary and Magic Treehouse rut. I love Ramona, but I'm little weary of MTH. I had to tell DD that MTH books we're designed to be kid-read and NOT read alouds when she was 5. She seemed to have bought that. :ph34r: I read about five of them aloud before I came to that decision. said Jack ... said Annie ... said Jack ... said Annie... *primal scream* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I had to tell DD that MTH books we're designed to be kid-read and NOT read alouds when she was 5. She seemed to have bought that. :ph34r: I read about five of them aloud before I cam to that decision. said Jack ... said Annie ... said Jack ... said Annie... *primal scream* I have read every---every....single one of the MTH books to my 6 year old. We started when he was 4, and he just would never sit down for a read aloud. And then he just loved the MTH, couldn't read them on his own. Still can't (yet!) so I read one to him...and then the next, .... But he was sooo engaged and giving me cute little spontaneous oral narrations and telling my DH all about what was going on and chanting the opening prologue with me and the refrain of "then the treehouse started to spin faster and faster..." That year he was 4 we read one of those every night at bedtime. We've read any new one as they've come out. We've read up to the Stallion book...so that means there are 3? that we haven't read. And I hated it. It is not a very interesting thing for a grown up to do. But he was so cute, the way he loved them and wanted me to read aloud for really the first time. It only took one sitting to read the early books and maybe two nights to get through the longer Merlin ones. Bedtime memories my little guy will always have. And if I'm being honest, it's why I was able to move on to other longer read alouds with him. He just never really had an interest in picture books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I had to tell DD that MTH books we're designed to be kid-read and NOT read alouds when she was 5. She seemed to have bought that. :ph34r: I read about five of them aloud before I came to that decision. said Jack ... said Annie ... said Jack ... said Annie... *primal scream* ha! I am totally the sort of mom who bans things that annoy her (ahem, noisy toys), but I have non-reader who LOVES them, and he willingly listens to VERY little, so I'm willing to do one occasionally. This one has seemed more painful than most! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamindy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Our current before bed read aloud is The BFG by Roal Dahl. I just don't love to read it (especially at night - it is SO HARD to get those made up words and names!) but my DDs are liking it…. :confused: It is strange to me because DD1 is usually into very girly books and this one is NOT girly. At all. (I mean, a whiz popper?? Come on! I guess potty humor is fun for any 6 or 7 yo, boy or girl.) DD2 is reading through all the Hank the Cowdog books and DD1 is working through all the Nancy Drew. She just got off of an Estes feast of books. (These are for their "free-reading" choices.) We also read aloud in the mornings, Vos Storybook Bible, and SOTW2. :) I am reading Kate diCamillo The Illuminated Adventures of Sophie and Ulysses. I like it. :) I am pre-reading for DDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachingmy3 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Little House in the Big Woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaLou Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Farmer Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2boysteacher Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We are reading 'The Book Thief' as a read-aloud, and the boys each have their own sci-fi books going. I forget which ones, I can't keep up with them! My daughter reads her LOE animal readers every day- love those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I just finished Wings of Fire Book Three: The Hidden Kingdom (for the second time). We're on our second time through this series-- waiting for the last book to come out in March. Also just finished Squire's Quest. Strangely, I picked up The Legend of the King as an e-book checkout without realizing it was the same series I was reading aloud. I couldn't figure out why they were so similar (same characters). :huh: I thought, "Wow, I've been missing all these characters in King Arthur stories for all these years . . . ") Not sure what we'll move onto next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Three Swords for Granada - For history...Medieval Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We just finished The Wind in the Willows. Next up, How To Eat Fried Worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoshannon Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We just finished Mountain Born yesterday and started Wheel on the School today. We're reading through the Little House series at bedtime, just finished On the Shores of Silver Lake. Up next is The Long Winter. Ds gets various picture books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 I love reading all the responses! Some of you might be interested in a monthly feature on my blog, Read Aloud Thursday: www.hopeisthewordblog.com/category/books/read-aloud-thursday/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBearsMama Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Little House in the Big Woods and If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 With my 3rd and 1st graders: Burgess Bird Book Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends Along Came Galileo James Herriot's Treasury for Children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliegmom Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We just finished Trumpet of the Swan and are beginning The Cricket in Times Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 My two year old is mostly requesting the Peter Rabbit books. Our family read aloud is The Time Machine. And not a read aloud but I just learned that there are sequels to The Giver. That's the next thing on my independent reading list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Pooh I want to read him Trumpet of the Swan so bad, but I'm trying to get out of "Is he ready for_____ yet?" mode and back into "He'll be too old for ____ soon!" mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland_Mom Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I'm reading "God King" to my 11 year old and 13 year old. I'm thankful that they still enjoy reading aloud together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petepie2 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We are currently reading "A Wrinkle in Time." We just finished "It's a Jungle Out There" by Ron Snell for our Geomissions-Latin America class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesadream83 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 at home: robin hood->door in the wall ->the cricket in times square....... in the car: a childs history of geography & the storybook of science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 The Book of Virtues. We just started doing a poetry tea on Wednesdays this year. I read poetry from a couple of books then, Shel Silverstein, or Volland's Mother Goose edition. Then we read Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbit aloud to finish up our tea. It's been so fun! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We have a lot on the go, reading-wise. --with my oldest, A Red Herring Without Mustard --with my ds and youngest dd, The Wandering of Odysseus --with my youngest, Flora and Ulysses --family read aloud: The Odyssey, The Twelfth Night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 We always have several in progress. We are now in a bit of a turnover as we just finished our math and poetry read-alouds. We're also close to finishing a couple others. Right now our favorite is probably the Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell. These books have so much to offer as read-alouds, not the least of which is absolute hilarity. :laugh: :smilielol5: When they were first recommend by an evolutionary biologist acquaintance of ours, his caveat was that they be read-aloud. He was spot-on! My Family and Other Animals--finished Birds, Beasts, and Relatives--will finish soon Fauna and Family (Also known as The Gardens of the Gods)--Next in line! Hope to start in the spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 And not a read aloud but I just learned that there are sequels to The Giver. That's the next thing on my independent reading list. Don't be surprised when the next book in the trilogy quartet isn't really a sequel. The third will tie the first two together. Threw me off. (Didn't realize there was a 4th book. Now I'll have to find that one.) We've started A Knight's Castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Just finished The Midnight Folk and I'm trying to decide on the next one. Right now, I'm leaning towards Momo, but I also want to get to Bridge to Terabithia, Mary Poppins, and The Little White Horse. Then there's also the sequel to Midnight Folk, The Box of Delights. Am I the only one that has terrible trouble deciding the next book to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 We always have several in progress. We are now in a bit of a turnover as we just finished our math and poetry read-alouds. We're also close to finishing a couple others. Right now our favorite is probably the Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell. These books have so much to offer as read-alouds, not the least of which is absolute hilarity. :laugh: :smilielol5: When they were first recommend by an evolutionary biologist acquaintance of ours, his caveat was that they be read-aloud. He was spot-on! My Family and Other Animals--finished Birds, Beasts, and Relatives--will finish soon Fauna and Family (Also known as The Gardens of the Gods)--Next in line! Hope to start in the spring. Right after reading this, I ordered My Family and Other Animals because it looks like DD would love it. You are enabling my addiction. I did not need to buy another book. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I'm homeschooling my 8 year old. Not for school: Me: Rascal by Sterling North Husband: The Two Towers by Tolkien For School: we're in SOTW 2, chapter 24 The Ottoman Empiresupplemental: The Legend of the Persian Carpet by Tomie DePaola supplemental: The Asian empires by Stefof (selected readings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian summer Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 We are reading Robin Hood, Here's a Penny and Miracles on Maple Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 We always have several in progress. We are now in a bit of a turnover as we just finished our math and poetry read-alouds. We're also close to finishing a couple others. Right now our favorite is probably the Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell. These books have so much to offer as read-alouds, not the least of which is absolute hilarity. :laugh: :smilielol5: When they were first recommend by an evolutionary biologist acquaintance of ours, his caveat was that they be read-aloud. He was spot-on! My Family and Other Animals--finished Birds, Beasts, and Relatives--will finish soon Fauna and Family (Also known as The Gardens of the Gods)--Next in line! Hope to start in the spring. I loved these books, he's a hysterical writer. I hadn't thought of reading them aloud. I do think my kids would love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Trial & Triumph Book of Revelations in the Bible (in the evening after school) Colonial Living Starting Pilgrims & Puritans By Christopher & James Collier tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Last night, reading Swallows and Amazons, Morgan said, "I love this book!" So it's a hit with the kids. Me, I'm a little bored with the constant sailing references, mostly because I don't really get them. I keep thinking that dh should be reading this book to them. . . . We'll be starting Five Elements of Effective Thinking, as we're wrapping up Zaccaro's Ten Things. That one has also been a hit, especially with the 7 yo! Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I confess that I don't read novels aloud much as my children and I prefer listening to audiobooks. It works best for me to read shorter stories, fairy tales and picture books aloud and save the chapter books for all of us to enjoy on audiobook. Last week we listened to "Clementine." Right now we're finishing up Roald Dahl's "Boy." My children have decided that they absolutely would never want to go to an English boarding school. Poor Roald. I reserved and just picked up the Laura Ingalls Wilder "The Long Winter" CD set from the library last night. Seemed very fitting for this time of year seeing as we're in the midst of our own terrible, long winter. I imagine we'll start it this evening or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Ds has been listening to a ton of audiobooks, this week he's listened to Bud, Not Buddy, Sounder and Middle School is the Worst. I just recently finished My Side of the Mountain as a RA and have Howl's Moving Castle waiting at the library for our next one, hopefully I can get it today, this week is a busy one though. I have various picture books for dds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 DD has decided that Little Britches is too sad and has requested another read aloud. I gave her a choice between: Time Cat Chuck and Danielle King of the Wind The last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Swallows and Amazons I will keep you updated once she's decided. :laugh: We do a lot of audiobooks here too and two of DD's recent favorites have been the Enola Holmes mysteries by Nancy Springer and Chasing Vermeer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Just finished The Midnight Folk and I'm trying to decide on the next one. Right now, I'm leaning towards Momo, but I also want to get to Bridge to Terabithia, Mary Poppins, and The Little White Horse. Then there's also the sequel to Midnight Folk, The Box of Delights. Am I the only one that has terrible trouble deciding the next book to read? We loved the Mary Poppins books! Bridge to Terabithia.....I have so many memories of this book from various times in my life. So powerful. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (four book series) Anne of Green Gables (one chapter a week during brother's piano lesson! It's going to take awhile:-)) The Phantom Tollbooth to brother during sister's lesson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Sparrows in the Scullery Mattimeo (from the Red Wall series) These are our current audio books for the car. (We are saving Mattimeo for times when dh is riding with us because he wants to hear it, too.) Listening in the car has dramatically increased our number of read alouds. Besides anyway it keeps the kids really quiet. We could make a cross country drive with merely the Redwall series. Also, Sparrows in the Scullery has been quite useful. Whenever the kids say they don't like what I cooked for dinner, then I say at least it is not as bad as what they eat at the Broggin Home for Boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 This is a great thread! Thanks to mentions here, we've just started "The Wheel on the School", and we'll move onto the Narnia books next, I think. In between stories from "The Wonder Clock" and shorter read-alouds for SOTW1. And thanks to the PP who mentioned Gerald Durrell - it's been so long since I read his books that I'd completely forgotten about him, but am so glad to be reminded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 YWAM book on Mary Slessor. Awesome!!! Love missionary biographies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We're reading Katie Morag's Island Stories right now by Mairi Hedderwick and the kiddo declared, "This is a good book." We also just read and enjoyed Gerald Rose's The Tiger-Skin Rug and Anita Lobel's Sven's Bridge. These are all recommendations from the four-year-olds chapter of Dorothy Butler's Babies Need Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We always have several in progress. We are now in a bit of a turnover as we just finished our math and poetry read-alouds. We're also close to finishing a couple others. Right now our favorite is probably the Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell. These books have so much to offer as read-alouds, not the least of which is absolute hilarity. :laugh: :smilielol5: When they were first recommend by an evolutionary biologist acquaintance of ours, his caveat was that they be read-aloud. He was spot-on! My Family and Other Animals--finished Birds, Beasts, and Relatives--will finish soon Fauna and Family (Also known as The Gardens of the Gods)--Next in line! Hope to start in the spring. I LOVE THESE BOOKS. So glad to see them recommended on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamin Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Just finished the Door in the Wall & A Cricket in times square. Now on to Fire, Bed and Bone and listening to The Long Winter on audio in the car. Up next, Adam of the Road, and The Castle Corona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 we just today started Mary Poppins. Yesterday we finished Dangerous Journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We are reading aloud The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey by Rosemary Sutcliff from the library and my beloved copy of The Fellowship of The Ring. At bedtime, my dd is listening to BBC's dramatization of The Odyssey. Before that, she listened to an audio recording of The Hobbit by Nicol Williamson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Nothing - and I'm missing it. But my Dh is reading the boys the Ranger's Apprentice series and they were not getting into anything I was reading. So I'm putting any read alouds by me on hold for awhile. (Besides school books, and the series I am helping Youngest read - which Eldest is also reading to himself.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen. Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Reading The Hiding Place with my 5th grader. She loves it so far. Next, I'm looking for a good American history read aloud. Any suggestions? "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson I got this from my library based on a recommendation here. I have yet to read it, but it looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 History read aloud: Toliver's Secret Audio: Johnny Tremain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwallowTail Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 DD and I just completed Caddy Woodlawn, and will begin Huckleberry Finn tomorrow. We are also reading "Two Miserable Presidents" for history. She and her dad are reading one of the Harry Potter books again, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We've started A Knight's Castle. We really like that series! Totally didn't read them in order but enjoyed them all, though the first was our favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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