Reading With Your Kids

Bonita_Lynne_58

I don't have any kids, but I have a little brother who is 11 years younger than me.

He's 8 and he loves when we read together. Not just me to him, but he likes reading to me too (even if I have to help him on some words sometimes).
It's a really great practice for getting up there on his AR points

His favorites are:
ANY Grimm Fairytales, Buy my Hats, Stellaluna

Typically, since he's a second grader, he brings home a new book every few days. It's sort of become a tradition for us to crack open the brand new book right after he finishes his homework as a "reward".

You're a wonderful big sister! Your reply took me back in time. My brother is 8 years younger than me...I read to him from the time he was very young. My mom didn't read well at all. So she would sit with us while I read to him. She memorized the words to his favorite books by listening to me read. So I started to point to each word as I read to them both. She began to recognize more words by sight and started reading more herself...So I kind of taught my mom to read. Thank you for triggering these memories.

LauraMacNCheese

You're a wonderful big sister! Your reply took me back in time. My brother is 8 years younger than me...I read to him from the time he was very young. My mom didn't read well at all. So she would sit with us while I read to him. She memorized the words to his favorite books by listening to me read. So I started to point to each word as I read to them both. She began to recognize more words by sight and started reading more herself...So I kind of taught my mom to read. Thank you for triggering these memories.

Awww...what a great story! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

daffodilsoup

My parents used to read to me every night when I was a kid. It was my special time with them and it is one of my favorite memories about my childhood. My favorite book was "An Extraordinary Egg" about a frog and an alligator that become friends - my mom used to give them different voices and everything! I like to think that they enjoyed reading to me as much as I enjoyed being read to.

SnakeDarling

You're a wonderful big sister! Your reply took me back in time. My brother is 8 years younger than me...I read to him from the time he was very young. My mom didn't read well at all. So she would sit with us while I read to him. She memorized the words to his favorite books by listening to me read. So I started to point to each word as I read to them both. She began to recognize more words by sight and started reading more herself...So I kind of taught my mom to read. Thank you for triggering these memories.

Aww thank you!
That is a great story! That's sort of crazy in a really cool way

the_journeyman

It's a great thing to do. As a teacher, I can usually tell which kids have had reading time and which ones don't .

JM

Bonita_Lynne_58

You're a wonderful big sister! Your reply took me back in time. My brother is 8 years younger than me...I read to him from the time he was very young. My mom didn't read well at all. So she would sit with us while I read to him. She memorized the words to his favorite books by listening to me read. So I started to point to each word as I read to them both. She began to recognize more words by sight and started reading more herself...So I kind of taught my mom to read. Thank you for triggering these memories.

Aww thank you!
That is a great story! That's sort of crazy in a really cool way

My parents are in their 70's and it seems like there were lots of children of that generation who didn't learn to read. I was never read to as a child..would have been nice. Fortunately for me reading came easy. I've always been an avid reader. And plan on continuing to read for pleasure for the rest of my life.

LauraMacNCheese

I'm worried about with my son...since he's hearing-impaired & we didn't find out until the summer before he started Kindergarten; he's behind in his speech development and reading skills. He gets frustrated so easily that I was really pleasantly surprised he took time to sound out the words he didn't know last night. I want him to enjoy reading and not view it as a chore, like his dad does. I'm hoping if we keep up with the reading together he'll get there.

My daughter enjoys reading but has a hard time processing what she reads sometimes. And she has a hard time picking something that will hold her interest. Any book, short story, etc. ideas for a 10 year old girl in 4th grade?

Bonita_Lynne_58

I'm worried about with my son...since he's hearing-impaired & we didn't find out until the summer before he started Kindergarten; he's behind in his speech development and reading skills. He gets frustrated so easily that I was really pleasantly surprised he took time to sound out the words he didn't know last night. I want him to enjoy reading and not view it as a chore, like his dad does. I'm hoping if we keep up with the reading together he'll get there.

My daughter enjoys reading but has a hard time processing what she reads sometimes. And she has a hard time picking something that will hold her interest. Any book, short story, etc. ideas for a 10 year old girl in 4th grade?

Mazie (my youngest) enjoyed the Junie B Jones books and in 5th grade read all of the Warrior Cats books. Once she got started on Warrior Cats she really took off. Loves to read now...She's 13 in the 8th grade and will even take a book with her when she goes to spend a night at a friends house.

clewis628

I read to my 3 year old every night and every other time she brings a book and plops herself down in my lap! It's my most favorite thing to do! I do the voices too and when other people try to read the story, she asks for the voices. It's cute! We go to the library every Friday and it's wonderful to see her pick up books and try to read the story to me. Some of her favorites: Click, Clack, Moo; Curious George (any of them); Hoodwink; the Lorax; and anything with Snow White in it.

I love children's books - especially ones with beautiful illustrations like Blueberry Girl and Instructions both by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess.

Bonita_Lynne_58

For those of you reading to children 4-6 yrs old...Check out a book called "I Love You Stinkyface" I can't remember the author. It was a favorite of my daughter and her Headstart class.

I used to volunteer at her Headstart and one of my favorite things was story time when I got to read to the class.

TinaDay1114

I'm worried about with my son...since he's hearing-impaired & we didn't find out until the summer before he started Kindergarten; he's behind in his speech development and reading skills. He gets frustrated so easily that I was really pleasantly surprised he took time to sound out the words he didn't know last night. I want him to enjoy reading and not view it as a chore, like his dad does. I'm hoping if we keep up with the reading together he'll get there.

Hang in there -- my husband had a hearing deficit as a child, and was told he might as well just be a "garbage man" in elementary school b/c they thought he was dumb. He didn't learn to sound out words b/c he couldn't hear some of the sounds to begin with, so phonics was impossible. He learned to read word by word instead, and once he found a teacher that understood his issue, he took off.

I think reading with your son one on one will do wonders for him. And because you're already thinking about it (and WANTING him to love reading and find it "easy" and not "a chore"), you're already way ahead of the game. Way to go, MOM!

maidentl

I'm worried about with my son...since he's hearing-impaired & we didn't find out until the summer before he started Kindergarten; he's behind in his speech development and reading skills. He gets frustrated so easily that I was really pleasantly surprised he took time to sound out the words he didn't know last night. I want him to enjoy reading and not view it as a chore, like his dad does. I'm hoping if we keep up with the reading together he'll get there.

My daughter enjoys reading but has a hard time processing what she reads sometimes. And she has a hard time picking something that will hold her interest. Any book, short story, etc. ideas for a 10 year old girl in 4th grade?

I have a boy so I just asked him what the girls in his class like to read and he said, "girl books." :laugh: Then he said Amber Brown books (and books with feet on them, whatever the heck that means!)

christine24t

Some of my best memories are reading books with my dad as a kid. Every night, he would read us a chapter of one of the Boxcar Children books. People - read with your children!! Even if they hate to read, people love to be read to.

natalie412

I love it too. I read several books to my 3 1/2 year old every night. I love it when he "reads" books to me that he has memorized (and does the voices, too!). Most of our books are ones we got when my 16 year old daughter was young, and that also brings back fond memories.

LauraMacNCheese

I'm worried about with my son...since he's hearing-impaired & we didn't find out until the summer before he started Kindergarten; he's behind in his speech development and reading skills. He gets frustrated so easily that I was really pleasantly surprised he took time to sound out the words he didn't know last night. I want him to enjoy reading and not view it as a chore, like his dad does. I'm hoping if we keep up with the reading together he'll get there.

My daughter enjoys reading but has a hard time processing what she reads sometimes. And she has a hard time picking something that will hold her interest. Any book, short story, etc. ideas for a 10 year old girl in 4th grade?

I have a boy so I just asked him what the girls in his class like to read and he said, "girl books." :laugh: Then he said Amber Brown books (and books with feet on them, whatever the heck that means!)

LOL!!!! I'm sure my son would say the same thing! :laugh:

Maria_81

Great topic! Yes, I love reading to my daughter who I got started at 4 years old. She loves books so much, that she sleeps with them and even wakes up at night to read. Reading is a great way to bond and a such a precious gift to give your child. I'm so glad I didn't wait for her to learn to read in school, she's a straight A student!