Bob books
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In a message dated 9/15/02 7:04:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< The exception was the comment about restriction - restriction was my
interpretation based on your characterization of certain books as a
"waste of a tree >>
And you don't think the Bob books aren't a waste of a tree?
I think a child would get more from a tree than those books....but then I got
rid of ALL of our "early" readers, at my children' request.
My oldest "learned to read" with them and hated every moment. I see my next
two learning to read from much more interesting material and don't have any
pride involved in proving they can read by buying such drivel.
Yes, drivel. That's my opinion that I keep to myself pretty much. Cause if
one of my children wanted to buy some, you bet I would!
But they had bad memories for my oldest ds, and I didn't think those needed
to be floating around our home.
Children will usually choose much more interesting material given lots of
choice.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< The exception was the comment about restriction - restriction was my
interpretation based on your characterization of certain books as a
"waste of a tree >>
And you don't think the Bob books aren't a waste of a tree?
I think a child would get more from a tree than those books....but then I got
rid of ALL of our "early" readers, at my children' request.
My oldest "learned to read" with them and hated every moment. I see my next
two learning to read from much more interesting material and don't have any
pride involved in proving they can read by buying such drivel.
Yes, drivel. That's my opinion that I keep to myself pretty much. Cause if
one of my children wanted to buy some, you bet I would!
But they had bad memories for my oldest ds, and I didn't think those needed
to be floating around our home.
Children will usually choose much more interesting material given lots of
choice.
Ren
Beth Ali
Children will usually choose much more interesting material given lots of
choice.
I wanted to respond to this statement of Ren's and give an example of how utterly true this is. I consider my soon to be 4 yr old son a pre-reader. He, however, is constantly asking what signs says, etc, etc. When we go to the library we go to the sections which contain his INTERESTS not his reading skills. When he was interested in mummies we got out books (usually at middle school level) on mummies, ditto on bones, volcanoes, minerals, cars, trains, dinosaurs, etc, etc. I have learned more about these subjects than I ever have cared to know...but you know what so has he---it has quenched his need to know about those subjects for awhile. Why keeps books around that don't have interesting stories or topics?? Don't you want the children to WANT to learn to read because the stuff out there is cool??
just my 2 cents
Beth-from GA
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choice.
I wanted to respond to this statement of Ren's and give an example of how utterly true this is. I consider my soon to be 4 yr old son a pre-reader. He, however, is constantly asking what signs says, etc, etc. When we go to the library we go to the sections which contain his INTERESTS not his reading skills. When he was interested in mummies we got out books (usually at middle school level) on mummies, ditto on bones, volcanoes, minerals, cars, trains, dinosaurs, etc, etc. I have learned more about these subjects than I ever have cared to know...but you know what so has he---it has quenched his need to know about those subjects for awhile. Why keeps books around that don't have interesting stories or topics?? Don't you want the children to WANT to learn to read because the stuff out there is cool??
just my 2 cents
Beth-from GA
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[email protected]
In a message dated 9/15/02 11:43:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< I just asked my son what he liked about having bob books and other easy
readers around when he was starting to read. He said he liked the small,
easy words. >>
And so far, ALL of my children have said "those are stupid" when I read them.
So it was an easy choice for me to send them on.
Like I said, If my child wanted them, no problem. I don't see how they're
going to benefit a child that thinks they're boring.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< I just asked my son what he liked about having bob books and other easy
readers around when he was starting to read. He said he liked the small,
easy words. >>
And so far, ALL of my children have said "those are stupid" when I read them.
So it was an easy choice for me to send them on.
Like I said, If my child wanted them, no problem. I don't see how they're
going to benefit a child that thinks they're boring.
Ren
zenmomma *
>>And so far, ALL of my children have said "those are stupid" when I readLOL! Ren, I'm sorry but I've never read a Bob book to Casey, even to just
>>them.>>
show her what they were. I brought them home and left them around. She
picked them up, colored them in, and had fun reading a whole book by
herself. It was really not such a big deal. At the same time she was fooling
around with Bob books and Easy Reader Level 1's, I was reading Watership
Down to her. Go figure. She is a woman of many different interests, levels
of interest and enjoyment, and tastes. ::shrugs:: No one is telling you to
go get the Bob books back if your family doesn'tlike them. :o)
Life is good.
~Mary
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[email protected]
In a message dated 9/16/02 5:02:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< No one is telling you to
go get the Bob books back if your family doesn'tlike them. :o) >>
Well, I sure didn't mean to sound like I was saying people shouldn't buy them
or I thought I was being told to buy them!!
I was only trying to make clear why some people don't have them on the shelf,
nor see them in the best light. That's all :)
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< No one is telling you to
go get the Bob books back if your family doesn'tlike them. :o) >>
Well, I sure didn't mean to sound like I was saying people shouldn't buy them
or I thought I was being told to buy them!!
I was only trying to make clear why some people don't have them on the shelf,
nor see them in the best light. That's all :)
Ren
zenmomma *
>>Well, I sure didn't mean to sound like I was saying people shouldn't buyOkay.
>>them or I thought I was being told to buy them!!>>
>>I was only trying to make clear why some people don't have them on theAnd I can totally understand what you're saying. My kids have just taught me
>>shelf, nor see them in the best light. That's all :)>>
to steer clear of pronouncements over what is drivel. It's funny, most other
places I find Conor's choices of entertainment questioned because it's
soooooooo non-schooly. But here, I'm always explaining how, yes, Casey
really did freely choose that schooly path at one time or another. :-D
It's all a learning process for me.
Life is good.
~Mary
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