tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post3998112279068983891..comments2024-01-09T02:22:47.782-08:00Comments on Sometimes I'm Actually Coherent: Of Four-Year-Olds and Chapter BooksTimothy Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06081922327870257027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-45976673101644626152007-11-08T17:22:00.000-08:002007-11-08T17:22:00.000-08:00My parents read the Little House on the Prairie se...My parents read the Little House on the Prairie series to my sister and me when we were quite young. We got one chapter a week after we finished our baths and while our hair was being combed out and put in curlers for Sunday. If I remember correctly the narrative flowed well when heard. The first story starts when Laura was quite young, 5 or 6 and her baby sister was 1 or 2 so your daughter might relate well to the characters. They also talk about all sorts of fun pioneer stuff that can be tied into fun activities such as butter making.<BR/><BR/>CeriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-67386265533011209482007-10-16T19:32:00.000-07:002007-10-16T19:32:00.000-07:00We also follow TWTM and as suggested in the intro....We also follow TWTM and as suggested in the intro...I think...we bought audio books for our DS. he was mesmeraized by the Jungle book (unabridged) and Narnia. we then bought booth books and read them aloud.<BR/><BR/>I pick up a "Illustrated Classics" for my DS and he loves them. they require a bit of editing but introduce him to the story..as Jesse Wise says...introduce them to the sory early then when they read the original, they know the story and need only work through the words.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04349247004635678939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048186698864359724.post-77860560450509949372007-10-16T07:48:00.000-07:002007-10-16T07:48:00.000-07:00Thank you for submitting your post to the Carnival...Thank you for submitting your post to the Carnival of Homeschooling.<BR/><BR/>Great books for children is a favorite subject of mine. We also homeschool with the influence of Charlotte Mason method and are classically homeschooling.<BR/><BR/>I would recommend the titles as in the Five in a Row program and also using the FIAR program if you desire. If you are not interested in FIAR you can read the book list on the FIAR official website.<BR/><BR/>I also HIGHLY recommend the book "Honey for a Child's Heart" by Gladys Hunt which will help point you to great children's books. She is Christian, too and won't point you toward anything un-Christian.<BR/><BR/>Folk tales, American tall tales, and fairy tales (age appropriate) are also great. If your daughter will sit for them, libraries often have pretty long-text folk tales with pictures on each page.<BR/><BR/>Another fun thing to do, maybe not at four, but five you could do it, is read folk tales with similar themes and compare them in a 'light' way. There are Cinderella tales from around the world, for example. See how they are the same or different.<BR/><BR/>Please don't rush to read chapter books aloud. Many for younger kids are intended only for independent reading practice and are not 'great' for read-aloud's. <BR/><BR/>I did try to read 'higher level' read aloud's as recommended by some Charlotte Mason advocates but found that the language was just too much (i.e. Treasure Island, Swiss Family Robinson). Now we do have some fantastic picture books, so just find those and read them, don't rush out of picture books, please!! Just avoid the pure twaddle and dumbed down ones!!ChristineMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388497877158577422noreply@blogger.com