Any suggestions for read-alouds?

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krismoose
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Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by krismoose » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:36 pm

My ds will be 5yo in October, and we have recently started LHFHG, which we both love. He particularly likes the Burgess book, which we read at lunchtime, and chapter books in general. He also likes to listen to a chapter from a book before bed. We found an Uncle Wiggily storybook, which he loves and we're sadly almost done with, and we found another Burgess book to read that's not scheduled for LHFHG. He really liked Little House in the Big Woods and Mr. Popper's Penguins, which we read before we found out they're on tap for next year :) So...does anyone have any suggestions, given his young age, for other books we could read before bed? It's okay if some of it goes over his head, but I'd rather not read too many books from Beyond just yet :wink: Thanks!
Kristen
Loved LHTH & LHFHG :)
DS8 (2nd) WWE1, HOD dictation, Sequential Spelling, SM 2B, VP OT/AE & SOTW1 history, Song School Latin, Getting Started With Spanish
DD6 (K) Saxon Math 1, VP Phonics Museum K
DD3 cutting, gluing, more cutting :D

spidermansmum
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Re: Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by spidermansmum » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:18 am

Books we have read with our 6 year old have been
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton,
The Enchanted wood by Enid Blyton
Dolphin Adventure by Grover,
Five true dog stories-M davidson,
Charlie and the chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl,
Fantastic Mr Fox- by Roald Dahl,
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown,
Stanley in Space by Jeff Brown,
The Boxcar Children by G.C.Warner,
The Magic Tree house books by Mary Pope Osborne,
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson,
Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Proysen
- Delighted to have used LHTH,LHFHG and Beyond, Bigger , Preparing and DITHOR
currently Using
LHTH slowly with my 2 year old
Starting Bigger with my 8 y/o About to add on DITHOR
Finishing Preparing with my 12year with ASD/LD

MomtoJGJE
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Re: Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by MomtoJGJE » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:36 am

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
any of the Little House books if he liked Little House in the Big Woods
Any of the books in another set than what you'll be getting next year ;)
My 6yo really liked The Trumpet of the Swan and Ginger Pye

crlacey
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Re: Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by crlacey » Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:33 am

My DD loved Five true Dog Stories and the Boxcar Children.
Crystal
DD 20 married college graduate
DS 17 college student
DD 11 CTC

Finished: LHTH, LHFHG, BLHFHG, BHFHG, PHFHG, CTC, Res to Ref, Rev to Rev, MTMM, parts of WG and WH

Daisy
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Re: Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by Daisy » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:20 am

My Father's Dragon (Set of three books)
Phantom Tollbooth
Dr. Dolittle (Multiple titles)
Caddie Woodlawn (My children liked this book better than the Little House series)
Trumpeter of the Swan
Cricket in Times Square
Secret of NIMH (Not at all like the movie. More science-like versus the magic you see in the movie).

I'm not sure what books are mentioned in Beyond since we didn't use that guide. These are books I read to my son when he was about 5yo.
Wife of 18 years to Jon.
DragonFly (12yo)
Buttercup (14yo)

krismoose
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Re: Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by krismoose » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:17 am

Thanks! These give me a good bunch to check out!
Kristen
Loved LHTH & LHFHG :)
DS8 (2nd) WWE1, HOD dictation, Sequential Spelling, SM 2B, VP OT/AE & SOTW1 history, Song School Latin, Getting Started With Spanish
DD6 (K) Saxon Math 1, VP Phonics Museum K
DD3 cutting, gluing, more cutting :D

Carrie
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Re: Any suggestions for read-alouds?

Post by Carrie » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:30 pm

krismoose,

You could even bump ahead and do one of the sets of read-alouds in Beyond (Boy, Girl, or Classic), saving the other sets for next year. We do manage to read pretty much all of the books in the HOD sets by listening to one book aloud on tape/CD at lunch (my mother-in-law read them for the kiddos on CD as a gift), reading another aloud to everyone, and using the other set in DITHR or for free-reading. :wink:

Blessings,
Carrie

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