QOTW- KIDS AND READING

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QOTW- KIDS AND READING
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Mon, 03-02-2009 - 11:51am
How do you get your kids to read? What do they read? Do they enjoy reading?
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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:54am

Andrew loves to read!

He just finished Bone Chiller and said he looooved it!!! He is now going to start....oh man..I can't remember the name of it. A friend of mine let me borrow it, since Andrew has read through most series's out there.....totally drawing a blank here! it has mythical monsters in it.....does that help? LOL

He reads at school when he is done with his school work in each class...during advisory he reads(if they aren't watching movies). On the weekends we read for 30 minutes.

Like I said....Andrew loves to read! It's the next kid I will have problems with..LOL Even though, she reads above her grade level....just getting her to sit and read without falling asleep is tough!! LOL


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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 10:04am

Last year (6th grade) was tough for DD because she hated, hated, hated the AR program. She didn't like her level dicated to her. She didn't like having to choose a book based on what test was available at school. She did bare minimum reading last year which was SO unusual for her.


7th grade English teacher doesn't do AR and DD is back to her typical reading habits. She reads a lot of classic plays and Shakespeare. She is really into fantasy right now. She did read all the "Twilight" books and while enjoyed them, wasn't crazy about them like most girls. However, the author has a list of books on her site that SHE loves and DD has really eaten them up.


Movie books are a great way to read.... Inkheart was a hit. DD had already read Tale of Desperaux but she read it again before the movie. We did sort of a family event. We read (or re-read) The Princess Bride and then rented the movie. That was fun.


A good way to get kids to read is to mandate a bed time but offer 30 minutes of "reading in bed." My oldest has to be in bed by 9 but she can have the lights on to read until 9:30. She'll always take the extra 1/2 hour.

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 11:06am
I am the same way!! I will read any and everything!!


 

 

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 11:36am

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45885


Just read an article about teens and reading...


 

 

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 11:44am
thanks for sharing Nicole.

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 12:15pm

Me, too....and for me, it started with the Rice Krispies box!

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 1:49pm
I don;t really remember Dr Seuss books either...I read them to my kids though. We own ALL of them.


 

 

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:02pm

I used to check Dr. Seuss books out from the library all the time plus my cousin had a bunch, so I loved reading Dr. Seuss books whenever I went to her house.





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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 11:40pm

My boys have always complained about having to read; Alex (12)

 


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Wed, 03-04-2009 - 10:35am
DS has always liked to read. When he finds something he likes, then he will read all the books in that series, or everything by that author. LIke he read all the Geronimo Stilton books, all the Lemony Snicket books, all the Twilight books (in about a month), etc. Now he has decided that he is going to read to me all the Harry Potter books (not that I really want to hear them, but he considers it bonding time). We are on the 3rd one now. But this takes away time from my reading!