My3girls Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 What's everyone reading, right now? We are reading Heidi popcorn style. I am reading aloud SotW to the youngers and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, D'Aulaire's Greek Myths, and Tree in the Trail to all of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 A wrinkle in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I'm close to finished with the last Ramona book. I bought the Story of the World series to come next. However, I also want to work in a few books on spirituality / mindfulness. I was also thinking of reading Mr. Popper's Penguins sometime soon. Maybe some of the Marguerite Henry books I bought them for Christmas. Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Oh, I didn't say that we all have individual books going as well. dd13 is reading Gathering Blue, dd10 is reading The Wolf Princess, and dd8 is reading Who was George Washington?. I am reading a Jack Reacher book... can't remember which one. Mommy needs some brain candy at the end of the day so don't judge! lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We start Robin of Sherwood by Michael Morpugo tomorrow, having just finished Swords and Sorcerers by Margaret Hodges. Usually our History doesn't bleed into our Read Aloud quite this much. But when you are doing a year on Vikings/Knights/Crusades/Plague how do you resist? So. Much. Excellent. Literature. We are also working on The Wizard of Oz, Five Children and It, and From I-Ville to You-Ville which is a sort of Pilgrims Progress for Orthodox kids. Basically we have way too many concurrent read alouds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Coco-clark, I thought we did, too. Glad to see someone else with lots going on! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Island of the Blue Dolphins Jenny and the Cat Club Hans Brinker Understood Betsy If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Horton Hears a Who 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Robin Hood by Howard Pyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimk3 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 A Child's History of the World Borrowers Afield The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (audiobook) The Jungle Book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Read Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger in one sitting tonight. Tomorrow we begin The Exploits of Moominpappa by Tove Jannson(sp). The boys are supposed to be in bed but DS1 is reading Syd Hoff books to DS2 so I'm not fussing. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We're starting The Ravenmaster's Secret today. I will be finishing Homeless Bird with the oldest today -- moving on to 360 Degrees Longitude. Still slogging through Treasure Island with middle. Youngest -- reading to me: The Year of the Book. Me reading to her: The One and Only Ivan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We're reading the Voyage of the Dawn Treader right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I love the read-aloud threads! Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle The Velveteen Rabbit Encyclopedia Brown Little House on the Prairie The Children's Homer Story of the World 2 The Cartoon Guide to Genetics (yeah, not your typical read-aloud and not for the faint of heart) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwoodsmama Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We just finished one of our favorite read-alouds so far- Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant. It was so entertaining, we all loved it,even DS who usually listens with 1/2 an ear while daydreaming about hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We are reading Taran Wanderer, book 4 of the Chronicles of Prydain. I actually like this one best of all, so far. Which is good - I always start series with the girls, and then get tired of them before they do! But we're all liking this one a lot. Our more academic read alouds - for Morgan, In Search of a Homeland. For Shannon, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. For both, From Then Till Now (a history) and Trout Reflections and The Forest Unseen (Natural history) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymomtime Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 To the youngest: The Fantastic Mr. Fox Pinocchio Just So Stories Plan is to begin reading the Hobbit out loud to the middle son (6th grade), and Fahrenheit 451 (8th grade) to my eldest daughter for their summer reading. Makes the project over the summer easier if they have read it ahead of time. I'm looking forward to the Hobbit, as I've never read it. Not looking forward to Fahrenheit 451... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 For read alouds, we're doing The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede and SotW. I don't even know what dd is reading independently right now. She has something like a hundred books on her kindle at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We just started Amon's Adventure for Lent/Easter. I'm going to keep this in the dining room for mealtimes. We're also reading Our Little Athenian Cousin which we'll be following with Our Little Spartan Cousin. I also can't keep track of their independent books! They mostly read fantasy books like Warriors or LOTR/Hobbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Almost done with Rifles for Watie. We need something lighter next. Half Magic maybe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Me: The Orphan Train and John Taylors Gatto's The Underground History of American Education DH: sailing magazines DS8: The Korean War: An Interactive Modern History Adventure (that's his "for fun" book!) Read Aloud: A Red Herring Without Mustard (also his choice - reading through the series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Almost done with Rifles for Watie. We need something lighter next. Half Magic maybe? We loved Half Magic. It's almost better to listen to the audiobook on that one, though, because the reader does that cat's half-talking so much better than I did! That is still a source of hilarity at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenNotOfTroy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We are reading The Silver Chair as the fourth book in The Chronicles of Narnia. I plan to skip the last battle. For school, we are reading The Canterbury Tales by Geraldine McCaughrean, Shaping the Earth, and Lives of Extraordinary Women. We have two poetry books going right now, Now We Are Six which DS is reading to me and Samuel Taylor Coleridge from the Poetry for Young People series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Charlotte's web Swiss family Robinson Voyages of dr Doolittle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleGreen Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Oldest and I will wrap up A Tree Grows in Brooklyn tonight. Next up is My Family and Other Animals. Eleven year old and I will wrap up Double Dog Dare in the next week or so. Next up is the sixth Harry Potter The littles and I are about halfway through The Green Ember. Hm, not sure what will go for next. I am thinking The Rats of Nimh. We read The Enchanted Tree by Enid Blyton, and they adored it, so maybe something along those lines. During the day the littles and I will probably start the next Boobela book some time this week. I also have Understood Betsy slated for the spring, so maybe we'll follow with that. I would like to read the Anne of the Island with all, but that will probably wait until late spring/early summer when the days are long and time stretches before us. I am reading The Book Thief, but also have The Well Educated Mind and Smart but Scattered: Teens on my nightstand. In all my free time, ya know? :001_rolleyes: edited for the one grammar mistake I caught, ignore the rest. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Shiloh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We have too many going on as well... Together: Pearl by Tolkien (from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo), Science Matters, The Merchant of Venice Older Daughter: She reads The Odyssey aloud to me, we discuss, we watch lectures together Younger Daughter: George MacDonald author study starting with The Light Princess, Ivanhoe, Tree in the Trail I think that I'm missing a couple...:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zydruna Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Our current family read aloud is The Candymakers by Wendy Mass. Dd is working on the 2nd book in the Pegasus series by Kate O'Hearn, and I am pre-reading Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass to see if it will be ok for our next family read aloud (dd is very sensitive and the weirdest things scare her so I try to pre-read anything that is labeled as being for middle school age just in case) ETA: We are all very impatiently awaiting the next Penderwicks book that is due out this spring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We have just recently rediscovered the joys of reading aloud. I just finished reading Sir Lancelot the Great to my oldest Dd. Today we are going to start Sticks Across the Chimney. We are also reading SOTW and others. To my youngers we are reading Flip Flap Body Book, Fairy Tales, and other books they choose. Nothing compares to cuddle on the couch time, although we run out of room quickly with four kids all trying to listen and see the pictures in the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I'm reading DS SOTW 1 (he's kind of in love with it), a book about the planets, some short stories from around the world (Old Tales for a New Day), The Little People's Guide to the Big World, and Geronimo Stilton: Mouse in Space. I'm having him read me some Arnold Lobel books, because I don't want him to do the next Pathway Readers book yet. Coming up are some picture books with Native American stories, Galen and the Gateway to Medicine, Buddha at Bedtime, and E is for Ethics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minerva Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Out louds: Leyla: The Black Tulip Robin Hood by Howard Pyle How do Ants Know When You are Having A Picnic How to Think Like a Scientist SOtW3 dd is reading silently: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets dd is listening The Two Towers on audiobook ds is reading: Bob books level one :) I am reading: the Dovekeepers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 We're still reading through the Narnia series. We're on The Magician's Nephew (we didn't start with it; we're reading in the order that Lewis wrote the books). And we just finished a book on CD in the car and for the life of me, I can't remember what it was! :huh: I've always been like this (unless the book seriously stuck with me). I would NOT have done well with the interview question about the last 3 books I read! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marisolstice Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We're reading the Voyage of the Dawn Treader right now. So are we! :) Plus all the school readings for the two olders. And Egermeirs at lunch time to all of them. And lots of books for the little kids. And DH is reading something to them at bedtime, but I don't know what....because I am done reading aloud by bedtime! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue daisy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We're reading the Narnia series right now too. We're actually a few chapters away from the end of The Last Battle. In the car, we've got Mrs. Piggle Wiggle on audiobook and I have Fortunately, the Milk up next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We're reading the Mouse and the Motorcycle, but I'm not into it yet. I didn't enjoy the Ramona books (I know, blasphemy), so I'm not sure what compelled me to try this one. I think I'm feeling uninspired, so this thread is timely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyful Journeys Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We just finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I'm so happy we've finally, after many months, been able to add classic read alouds back into our day. My son is napping much better. After we do history or science, the girls usually get out art to do (or a SOTW coloring page) and we get on the couch. When the toddlers wake up they're now used to it and hop up on the couch too! The 2 yr old I care for brought me the book one morning and said "Read it!!" It just melted my heart. I get a good hour in each day this way. We're following along behind WWE 1 so up next is Mary Poppins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit D'Aulaire American history books (Columbus currently) Pilgrim's Progress (with dh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme824 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 With my oldest we are reading this version of Don Quixote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763640816/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 At lunch we are reading Reddy Fox and will likely go on to read several other Thorton Burgess books after this one. I'm also getting ready to start reading My Father's Dragon with my middle one for the first time - so excited!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I miss reading aloud with both my girls (older is now a freshman in public high school). Youngest and I are reading Julius Caesar for school--not quite the fun read-alouds from yesteryear! In the car we are listening to House of Hades. We'll need to pick a good read-aloud we can all enjoy for summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonUF Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We finished up Wheel on the School (great story but so. So. SO difficult as a read aloud.). Now we are halfway through Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox by Marguerite Henry and it is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I'm reading The Eagle of the Ninth along with my oldest (meaning we are each reading it independently). I'm reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory aloud to my middle two kids. I just read endless train books to my little boys. Their current favorite is How to Train Your Train. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Audiobook: "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett *sniff, sniff* We read everything but chapter 4 of "The Saturdays" and just finished last night. Today it was "The Princess in Black." And now? The kids want me to continue rereading the Harry Potter books. I think we're up to #3, but I might claim my "reader's choice" perogative and pick something else. I have to check the shelves before I decide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Together:A Bear Called Paddington (2nd attempt) Baby Island Heidi Builders of the Old World (during Morning Meeting) Gilgamesh trilogy by Ludmila Zeman (during Morning Meeting) I've Lost My Hippopotamus (during Morning Meeting) Grace: My Side of the Mountain Gilgamesh the Hero Sophia: Christian Liberty Press Nature Reader Book 1 Science in Ancient Mesopotamia (popcorn reads with me) Me: Salt: A World History Oliver Twist Consider This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromA2Z Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 For school: The God King Jungle Book Bedtime: Charlotte's Web Various Picture Books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We are reading the second book of the Wingfeather Saga and my youngest and I are reading The Little White Horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 We're in our first of two weeks of Spring Break. Me: Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond Husband: Goose Girl by Shannon Hale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 For fun: Laddie: A True Blue Story For school: Tales of Old-Time Texas DD: The Bronze Bow, Dragon Rider, plus rereading somewhere between 3 and 7 of her favorites Me: Nothing fun. I've got a stack of "oughta" reads, but I'm only a chapter or two into most of them and don't want to finish a single one. Maybe I can make myself finish Snap: Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma this weekend since I've only got a few chapters left and DD will be at Grandma's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageRebel Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We are working our way through the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. That is just our fun reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I could be confused the book with something else. But doesn't Island of the Blue Dolphins have, well, ... inappropriate stuff for the ages of your kids? ETA: Never mind. When I read, "Island of the Blue Dolphins" I thought about the movie, "The Blue Lagoon". Yikes! No! Blue Lagoon wouldn't be ok at our house I'm reading Island of the Blue Dolphins with my 9 year old. It's slightly violent with a battle between native people and a dog fight but it's been ok for my oldest so far. My littles aren't listening in on it. They wouldn't be ready for it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 We just finished one of our favorite read-alouds so far- Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant. It was so entertaining, we all loved it,even DS who usually listens with 1/2 an ear while daydreaming about hockey. We love this book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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