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| The Reading Room My children are avid readers. I love to read to them, but confess that I don’t do it for my younger children as much as I did for my older children. I guess I go through seasons when I read a lot to them and then seasons when it's hit and miss. I have always tried to choose good quality classic books for my children. Classic books have plots that are more involved and vocabulary that is more challenging. When I read these types of books to my children it builds their attention span and helps increase their vocabulary. When they continue reading these books on their own it builds their reading skills and increase reading comprehension. Classic books can also teach them about times and places in ways that are much more exciting than a text book could ever be. |
| For my upper grade children (7th and up) I have used a history program from a company called Beautiful Feet Books. It uses classic literature to teach history and it is wonderful. |
| This last summer I read The Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola (CBD and Timberdoodle both sell this) and she has a great section on reading classic books and all the wonderful benefits for a child. |
| Here is a list that my children gave me when I asked for their favorite books and authors. If you are wondering what to read when you go to the library here is a list to get you started. |
| A great resource for reading classic books to younger children is called Five In A Row. I have used this and love it! I was able to find most of the needed books in my library. I highly recommend this for the 4 to 8 year old group. |
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Adam Of the Road by Elizabeth Gray Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte Big Red by Jim Kielgaard Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson Black Stallion (the whole series) by Walter Farly Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink Calico Captive, The Witch of Black Bird Pond, Sign of the Beaver and many other good books by Elizabeth Spears Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf, White Fang by Jack London Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Latham Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Charlottes Web, Stuart Little, Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Door In the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli Gentle Ben, Kavik the Wolf Dog, Scrub Dog of Alaska, Gloomy Gus and many more by Walt Morey Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter Heidi by Johanna Spyri Island Of The Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes King Of The Wind, Misty of Chincoteague, Stormy Misty’s Foal, Brighty of the Grand Canyon, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, and many more by Marguerite Henry Lantern In Her Hand by Beth Streeter Aldrich Little House on the Prairie (series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Lord Fauntleroy, Little Princess, Secret Garden by Frances Burnett Little Women, Jo’s boys, Little Men, Eight Cousins, by Lousia May Alcott Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Old Yeller by Fred Gipson On to Oregon by Honore Morrow Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter Phatom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain & Kenneth S. Lynn Rifles For Watie by Harold Keith Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter Star of Light and Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss The Three Musketeers by Alexdandre Dumas The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly More books to come…. |
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