[ahdoula]

I am mostly curious

What I am reading out loud to my 4 yo NOW is very different then what I was reading out loud to my dd when she was four. And sometimes I try to push him to listening to things he could care less about and I know I shouldn't. Other times the stuff he wants to have read out loud bores me to tears. The fact that my current RA to my 7 yo is Little Women should tell you what I am used to!! But my ds is all math and no literature! So I mostly am looking to get a wide variety of answers so I know there is no right answer....and book ideas never hurt either! TIA!

 

[Martha_2sons]

You might want to check out Math Curse by Jon Scieszka. It's in his preferred subject area but I find it entertaining to read. I've also enjoyed reading the Math Together series with my 5 year old (with titles like No Problem and The Six Blind Men and the Elephant). Marilyn Burns has also written some good ones such as Spaghetti & Meatballs for All.

Hope both you and your son like some of these suggestions!

 

[LionTigerBear]

We are reading all kinds of things . . . my DSs are 2 and 4 . . . we read things like Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day, The Velveteen Rabbit, Beatrix Potter books, Dr. Seuss books, and we also look at children's early educational books about planets and animals and so forth-- the kind with lots of big illustrations.

 

[ahdoula]

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Originally Posted by Martha_2sons You might want to check out Math Curse by Jon Scieszka. It's in his preferred subject area but I find it entertaining to read. I've also enjoyed reading the Math Together series with my 5 year old (with titles like No Problem and The Six Blind Men and the Elephant). Marilyn Burns has also written some good ones such as Spaghetti & Meatballs for All. Hope both you and your son like some of these suggestions!

Are these the "Hello Reader: Math" books? I am intrigued but I am having a hard time nailing down a series list...

ETA I like the idea of reading math books! Never thought of such a thing!

 

[milehighmonkeys]

We're currently reading Aditi and the One Eyed Monkey. DD loves books, though.

 

[Ceili]

We've been reading Winnie the Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner. Before that we read My Father's Dragon.

 

[earthmama369]

DD (4) is really into books with monsters and dragons, so we're reading a lot of fairy tales right now. We also found a choose-your-own-adventure series at Borders geared toward younger kids (so not quite as scary as the classic ones from my childhood, and with more happy endings) and she looooooves those.

 

[Raene]

We read The Little House series, Beverly Cleary books, and the Rainbow Fairies series. My daughter is the kind who is very active but will sit still for two hours and listen to stories. She loves reading time best of all.

 

[teresajo]

Recently my 4 year old son saw The Frandidate sitting on the new book table at the library and decided he wanted to get it. This was the first either of us had ever seen this series. He loved it! He likes Franny so much, he even decided to use his money to buy one of the books in the series. I had to read it to him soon as we got home from the bookstore. When I finished he said "Read it again!"

Teresa Jo

 

[karemore]

DD likes the MathStart books by Stuart Murphy. Our library has most of them.

http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/

We're into the "Let's Read and Find Out About" series right now too. Someone on here recommended them on a science thread and we've been reading one or two a week since.

 

[User101]

A lot of what was mentioned above, plus Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Mr. Popper's Penguins, and The Boxcar Children.

 

[Martha_2sons]

The books I referred to ("Math Together") are not part of the Hello Reader series. I've attached a link so you can see an example of one of the books in the series.

http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-To...8348625&sr=1-1

 

[ahdoula]

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Originally Posted by Martha_2sons The books I referred to ("Math Together") are not part of the Hello Reader series. I've attached a link so you can see an example of one of the books in the series. http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-To...8348625&sr=1-1

Helpful- thanks!!

 

[ahdoula]

So some 4yo are still listening JUST to picture books and others are progressed onto small chapter books. We have read several chapter books, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Mouse and the Motorcycle, Chalk Box Kid....but he doesn't seem as attentive as his sister did at that age and so I thought I was rushing him. But I also thought at 4 he *should* be ready for those types as RA. But not one size fits all huh? Thanks again mamas for the replies!

 

[teresajo]

My son will listen to the longer chapter books if they are illustrated on every page. He needs something to look at while I read. I've tried a few that do not have as many illustrations. But, he will get impatient and antsy waiting for me to get through the text on the pages that do not have illustrations.

Teresa Jo

 

[User101]

Oh, we read tons and tons of picture books as well. I gues when you said Read-Aloud, I just went into chapter book mode. We also do quite a bit of storytelling "from my heart" as my oldest used to say, mostly with fairy tales and stories I made up.

But absolutely, all kids are different. And one of the best things about homeschoooling, IMHO, is that you don't have to do the exact same thing with each kid.

 

[LionTigerBear]

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Originally Posted by ahdoula So some 4yo are still listening JUST to picture books and others are progressed onto small chapter books. We have read several chapter books, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Mouse and the Motorcycle, Chalk Box Kid....but he doesn't seem as attentive as his sister did at that age and so I thought I was rushing him. But I also thought at 4 he *should* be ready for those types as RA. But not one size fits all huh? Thanks again mamas for the replies!

Interestingly enough, my 2-year-old son has a longer attention span than my four-year-old son. My two-year-old can sit through three picture books (or more but my voice gets tired!) and just sit quietly and listen the whole time, while my four-year-old is sometimes climbing and jumping around by the end of the first book. Different kids are different and that's okay!

 

[Rivka5]

How does he respond to nonfiction? There are a lot of really excellent children's science books out there, for example, including the Let's Read and Find Out Science series and the original Magic School Bus books (not the ones that are novelizations of TV episodes). We've found dozens of great books about insects (my own preschooler's obsession), dinosaurs, science careers (a current favorite is If You Were a Veterinarian... fiction is not a big hit for every kid.

 

[greenrosemom4]

My kids love books by Bill Peet. They do like other picture books occasionally, but they will drop anything to hear a Bill Peet book.

 

[teresajo]

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Originally Posted by greenrosemom4 My kids love books by Bill Peet.

I LOVE Bill Peet! I think I have every title. My first exposure was The Wump World. I volunteered at the library when I was in Junior High. I was checking the juvenile books in (cards in the back pocket days) when I saw it. For some reason it attracted me so I read it and was hooked! Being a bunny girl though I am partial to Huge Harold. ~~When Harold the rabbit was tiny and small, his feet started growing and that's about all...~~~ love, love love Bill Peet!

Teresa Jo