JessReplanted Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 We are reading The Hobbit again because I want my girls to listen this time around. (Really: 1. because I want them to learn to enjoy a good adventure story 2. because adventures are for girls too (!) 3. because I needed something during the day that I actually enjoy) So, are there read alouds that you will do again for the benefit of your younger kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 The ones we revisited for ds3 were: The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan, Tom Sawyer , and The Penderwicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 All of them (unless a book was terrible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Winnie the Pooh, read by Charles Kerault. So good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I just finished reading Pollyanna with my 9 year old ds. I read it with my other two boys about five years ago. It's one I wouldn't have thought boys would like, but all three of my boys really enjoyed it and I think it's a lovely story. Plus, the chapters are short so during times where I was busy I could still fit in a chapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Wind in the Willows, Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte's Web (probably my favorite) and the entire Harry Potter series. It was so fun to listen to, and Jim Dale was such a great reader. Tom Sawyer was also a good listen. The kids got a better sense of the dialect and could understand better what was going on. One book that I hated listening to, and would warn others about was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It felt as if it would go on forever. We all felt as if we were drowning. Maybe that was the point. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Wind in the Willows, Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte's Web (probably my favorite) and the entire Harry Potter series. It was so fun to listen to, and Jim Dale was such a great reader. Tom Sawyer was also a good listen. The kids got a better sense of the dialect and could understand better what was going on. One book that I hated listening to, and would warn others about was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It felt as if it would go on forever. We all felt as if we were drowning. Maybe that was the point. :lol: While I read most things aloud, we have learned the Jules Verne is best via audiobook! Same with Hank the Cowdog.😠Too many to list, really. Heidi, where the Red Fern Grows, The Hiding Place, Lord of the Rings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pehp Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 All of them, for us, at this point!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 The Secret Garden A Little Princess The Princess Bride The Great Brain (first one together, the rest they can read on their own) A Christmas Carol Some O. Henry stories The first Harry Potter book (I'd like to read them all together, but it's just too much. They can read the rest on their own.) Narnia books: The Magician's Nephew certainly and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. (the rest they can read on their own.) That's all I have for now. I adore these stories and shared them asap with my oldest and now need to re-read for my youngest. He was there when we read them the first time around but doesn't remember them. We're working through them all this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Charlotte's Web A Christmas Carol the Grandma's Attic series The Phantom Tollbooth Ramona the Pest Little House on the Prairie Farmer Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 SOTW vol. 1-4 :D of course! The Book of the Dun Cow Pilgrim's Progress Christy Wind in the Willows Little House in the Big Woods What you all have posted as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 A Long Way From Chicago From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler My Father's Dragon The Great Brain Wee Free Men The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Caddie Woodlawn Homesick: My Own Story The Westing Game Island of the Aunts The Secret of Platform 13 Listening for Lions So many. If I could figure out how to homeschool just by reading aloud, I would :) Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8ermaiden Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 My DD really only has done adventure stories so far - really nothing else grabs her! All the Roald Dahl books will be read again when B is old enough. All our other books have been good, but driven by DD's interests and they are not "must reads" for B too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 KJV Everything by Nesbit For our current ages (2,4) we're enjoying Grimm, Mother Goose, Arabian Nights, Pooh, Suess... I'm new at this. I was never read to, nor was I encouraged to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I'll address older kid RAs, where I am right now. My faves: -Silas Marner -A Tale of Two Cities -The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks -Watership Down -A Short History of Nearly Everything-excerpts -Outliers Almost any: Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Alexander Dumas. Like Garga, I often start a long series for them and then allow them to finish. We've done Harry Potter, Narnia, and LOTR that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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