Alan & Brenda Leonard

on 8/9/02 20:26, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> Comics are the best!! I've often thought of writing an article called
> "Garfield Taught My Son To Read".

YES! Garfield and Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbs! Our comic books are out
every single day. I wouldn't be without them.

brenda

[email protected]

In a message dated 8/10/02 4:35:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
abtleo@... writes:


> > Comics are the best!! I've often thought of writing an article called
> > "Garfield Taught My Son To Read".
>
> YES! Garfield and Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbs! Our comic books are out
> every single day. I wouldn't be without them.
>
> brenda
>

Comics are great reading! I made my list of books Moly likes earlier. I asked
her if she would suggest anything else. She said she loves all her books on
tape. I forgot about those!!! Many kids don't like to read, or don't read
well enough to like it. Books on tape are great. The book is read to you,
while you follow along (or don't) this is a great help for wanting to read a
book of interest, that might be beyond the ability. Along this vein, turn on
the closed captioning option (if you have it) on your TV. We turned it on a
few years ago, and the kids (seem to) benefit from it. I also recommend some
magazines. Cobblestone publishing puts out some great kids magazines. Moly
gets Spider, and the new science mag, ASK. Both kids get Highlights as a gift
sub. from my Mom. Both Moly and Jack love their gaming magazines as well. And
we have had a request for the kids version of National Geographic. I had that
one when I was a kid, I hope they still publish it.
Good luck!
~Nancy


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zenmomma *

>>YES! Garfield and Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbs! Our comic books are out
>>every single day. I wouldn't be without them.>>

Our unschooling motto comes from Hobbes himself:

"If nobody makes you do it, it counts as fun."

Life is good.
~Mary



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