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Can my children choose their books for DITHOR?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:13 pm
by Love_to_Read
Is DITHOR written with the expectation that children will use the suggested books only, or can I let them pick anything they want to read within the genre? Would that create extra work for me to adapt the materials, or are they written all generically enough to work with any book?
Re: Can my children choose their books for DITHOR?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:34 pm
by Jennymommy
DITHOR is generic
and completely adaptable. Carrie also has a book list for $5 with tons of books separated according to genre and reading level.
Re: Can my children choose their books for DITHOR?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 6:40 pm
by Mommamo
The suggested book list is great! We bought it when we first got DITHOR and it's what we typically use. This year we're trying an actual book pack though just for something different.
Re: Can my children choose their books for DITHOR?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 7:42 pm
by Love_to_Read
Great! I'm so excited!
A good book to read about using genre as a tool to get kids to read widely is The Book Whisperer. It inspired me to seek out a program like DITHOR, but didn't have enough nuts and bolts to follow as a curriculum, just the rationale. I'm really looking forward to DITHOR as a way to implement what I've been wanting to do.
Thanks!
Re: Can my children choose their books for DITHOR?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:04 pm
by my3sons
Well, you'll love using the Sample Book Ideas list then!
It has lots of ideas for super books to use for each level, for each genre! And of course, you can choose any other book too - just make sure you have 1-3 books for each genre at the right reading levels for your kiddos. Have fun choosing!
In Christ,
Julie