read aloud chapter books
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Hi everyone!
My 3 1/2 year old loves being read to and is starting to have a much longer
attention span. He's been picking huge stacks of books for me to read to him
at bed time or when his baby sister is napping and I have lots of time.
I am wondering when people started reading chapter books outloud to their
children and some good ones to try starting with. I am thinking maybe
Charlotte's Web. Any suggestions?
I have been reading longer picture books to him recently and he's also been
picking out science books at the library like volcanos and tornado info books.
The only thing I am worried about is that he will want me to read the whole
thing not just a chapter or two at a time. He likes to finish things once they
are started.
Thanks,
Amanda
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My 3 1/2 year old loves being read to and is starting to have a much longer
attention span. He's been picking huge stacks of books for me to read to him
at bed time or when his baby sister is napping and I have lots of time.
I am wondering when people started reading chapter books outloud to their
children and some good ones to try starting with. I am thinking maybe
Charlotte's Web. Any suggestions?
I have been reading longer picture books to him recently and he's also been
picking out science books at the library like volcanos and tornado info books.
The only thing I am worried about is that he will want me to read the whole
thing not just a chapter or two at a time. He likes to finish things once they
are started.
Thanks,
Amanda
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Fetteroll
on 12/22/03 10:42 AM, Mattamandab@... at Mattamandab@... wrote:
someone suggested it in the Chinaberry catalog and she loved it at 4.
I think I also read Winnie the Pooh.
Joyce
> I am wondering when people started reading chapter books outloud to theirIt would never have occured to me to try Little House in the Big Woods but
> children and some good ones to try starting with.
someone suggested it in the Chinaberry catalog and she loved it at 4.
I think I also read Winnie the Pooh.
Joyce
e400clb
--- In [email protected], Mattamandab@a... wrote:
I remember he really enjoyed Dr. Dolittle, (we started but didn't
finish Charlotte's Web), The Littles, The Boxcar Children (they have
younger versions of this to start with, and then some of the same
stories in chapter versions for a little older children), and...
others. I'm blanking.
One thing I observed with my own son is that about a year after we
read certain books, (or explored certain topics) he really had no
recollection of them anymore. That's okay with me, as we can always
enjoy them over and over!!
HTH!
:) Carly
> I am wondering when people started reading chapter books outloudI started reading chapter books to my son sometime when he was 4...
>to their children and some good ones to try starting with. I am
>thinking maybe Charlotte's Web. Any suggestions?
I remember he really enjoyed Dr. Dolittle, (we started but didn't
finish Charlotte's Web), The Littles, The Boxcar Children (they have
younger versions of this to start with, and then some of the same
stories in chapter versions for a little older children), and...
others. I'm blanking.
One thing I observed with my own son is that about a year after we
read certain books, (or explored certain topics) he really had no
recollection of them anymore. That's okay with me, as we can always
enjoy them over and over!!
HTH!
:) Carly
Danielle E. Conger
If he's interested, I would go for it. Read as long as he wants you to and
your voice holds out. The book will be there tomorrow or even next week.
Right now, we're (6 dd, 5 dd and 3.5 ds) in the middle of several books.
Sometimes it bugs me that there are books we never finish, but we either
get back to them or they weren't compelling enough to finish.
I would suggest anything by Roald Dahl--Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
kept even my 3 yo's interest!
That's what's great about the library--you can check out stuff from a bunch
of the different series to see which strikes a chord. My oldest wasn't wild
about the Magic Tree House, but she likes Secrets of Droon and Goosebumps.
I read these to her (yes, in the hopes that she will get so involved that
it will spark her to read by herself, I admit), and she loves them. No, she
hasn't started reading them on her own, but she often asks me to read,
which is just as good! ;) Plus, then everyone gets to hear them, which
makes for much better discussions.
--danielle
your voice holds out. The book will be there tomorrow or even next week.
Right now, we're (6 dd, 5 dd and 3.5 ds) in the middle of several books.
Sometimes it bugs me that there are books we never finish, but we either
get back to them or they weren't compelling enough to finish.
I would suggest anything by Roald Dahl--Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
kept even my 3 yo's interest!
That's what's great about the library--you can check out stuff from a bunch
of the different series to see which strikes a chord. My oldest wasn't wild
about the Magic Tree House, but she likes Secrets of Droon and Goosebumps.
I read these to her (yes, in the hopes that she will get so involved that
it will spark her to read by herself, I admit), and she loves them. No, she
hasn't started reading them on her own, but she often asks me to read,
which is just as good! ;) Plus, then everyone gets to hear them, which
makes for much better discussions.
--danielle
Holly Furgason
One of the beauties of the Little House books is that the writing
seems to progress as time goes on so that the first book is written
on a simpler level than the last book. It's almost like she was
writing to kids who are the age she is in the book. At least that's
how I see them after reading them each 10+ times.
I don't know when I started reading chapter books to my oldest but by
the time my second came along three years later we were already doing
it. My second listened to Peter Pan while I was pregant with my
third which would have made her just 2. I remember reading The
Wizard of Oz out loud in three days with a newborn, 4, 5 and 8 year
olds; the baby nursed and the others listened intently.
Dh and I read to each other almost every night. The first book we
read together was Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin when we were first
married. Now it's just usually interesting passages.
Holly
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<fetteroll@e...> wrote:
seems to progress as time goes on so that the first book is written
on a simpler level than the last book. It's almost like she was
writing to kids who are the age she is in the book. At least that's
how I see them after reading them each 10+ times.
I don't know when I started reading chapter books to my oldest but by
the time my second came along three years later we were already doing
it. My second listened to Peter Pan while I was pregant with my
third which would have made her just 2. I remember reading The
Wizard of Oz out loud in three days with a newborn, 4, 5 and 8 year
olds; the baby nursed and the others listened intently.
Dh and I read to each other almost every night. The first book we
read together was Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin when we were first
married. Now it's just usually interesting passages.
Holly
--- In [email protected], Fetteroll
<fetteroll@e...> wrote:
> on 12/22/03 10:42 AM, Mattamandab@a... at Mattamandab@a... wrote:to their
>
> > I am wondering when people started reading chapter books outloud
> > children and some good ones to try starting with.Woods but
>
> It would never have occured to me to try Little House in the Big
> someone suggested it in the Chinaberry catalog and she loved it at4.
>
> I think I also read Winnie the Pooh.
>
> Joyce
Holly Furgason
--- In [email protected], "e400clb"
<e400clb@y...> wrote:
(either written or on the screen) I forget it quickly. I can see
movies or read books for the first time all over again. Non-fiction
OTH sticks with me forever.
Holly
<e400clb@y...> wrote:
> One thing I observed with my own son is that about a year after weThat's me! My kids remember entire passages but if it's fiction
> read certain books, (or explored certain topics) he really had no
> recollection of them anymore.
(either written or on the screen) I forget it quickly. I can see
movies or read books for the first time all over again. Non-fiction
OTH sticks with me forever.
Holly
Dawn Adams
Amanda writes:
Dawn (inNS)
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>Hi everyone!My daughter loves, "My Father's Dragon."
>My 3 1/2 year old loves being read to and is starting to have a much longer
>attention span. He's been picking huge stacks of books for me to read to him
>at bed time or when his baby sister is napping and I have lots of time.
>I am wondering when people started reading chapter books outloud to their
>children and some good ones to try starting with. I am thinking maybe
>Charlotte's Web. Any suggestions?
Dawn (inNS)
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liza sabater
On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 01:27 PM, Danielle E. Conger wrote:
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> If he's interested, I would go for it. Read as long as he wants you tomy oldest wanted me to read Harry Potter but he always falls asleep :-(
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> your voice holds out.
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In a message dated 12/22/03 11:14:55 AM, e400clb@... writes:
<< One thing I observed with my own son is that about a year after we
read certain books, (or explored certain topics) he really had no
recollection of them anymore. That's okay with me, as we can always
enjoy them over and over!! >>
I'm a little like that with books and movies. I know which ones I like, but
if I try to tell someone what happened, I don't have it all in order or I
forget whole parts. I don't know the characters' names after one exposure.
My husband, though, DOES. If he read a fantasy book 20 years ago or
yesterday, he will be able to tell you who did what in what order. So he doesn't
like to watch movies repeatedly, usually. There are exceptions for him: The
Seven Samurai. And lately, Babylon 5 (he has the first three seasons on DVD).
He watches them over.
He has been amused sometimes when I'm just as surprised and happy as the
first time at some detail in a movie when he knows I had seen it a few years
before. I get that "Oh yeah, I remember now!" response, but I never sit there
thinking I know what will happen next.
Sandra
<< One thing I observed with my own son is that about a year after we
read certain books, (or explored certain topics) he really had no
recollection of them anymore. That's okay with me, as we can always
enjoy them over and over!! >>
I'm a little like that with books and movies. I know which ones I like, but
if I try to tell someone what happened, I don't have it all in order or I
forget whole parts. I don't know the characters' names after one exposure.
My husband, though, DOES. If he read a fantasy book 20 years ago or
yesterday, he will be able to tell you who did what in what order. So he doesn't
like to watch movies repeatedly, usually. There are exceptions for him: The
Seven Samurai. And lately, Babylon 5 (he has the first three seasons on DVD).
He watches them over.
He has been amused sometimes when I'm just as surprised and happy as the
first time at some detail in a movie when he knows I had seen it a few years
before. I get that "Oh yeah, I remember now!" response, but I never sit there
thinking I know what will happen next.
Sandra
Andrea
Hi Amanda! My eight-year-old loved (and still loves) the Roald Dahl books
when we first started with longer books. He liked having a picture now and
then, and some of them are short enough to read all at once. Our library
also has a section with picture books for older children. These are books
that have a longer story but still have illustrations.
He still likes the best of the picture books meant for small children,
though, especially Max and Ruby :-)
Donna Andrea
when we first started with longer books. He liked having a picture now and
then, and some of them are short enough to read all at once. Our library
also has a section with picture books for older children. These are books
that have a longer story but still have illustrations.
He still likes the best of the picture books meant for small children,
though, especially Max and Ruby :-)
Donna Andrea