All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi JJmom,


Yap. I have the same experience with my 21mths old girl. She is getting more and more active. Just wanna to play with me.

When i take the book out, her first reaction is " no no i dont want book". She would copy what we say. Most of the times, with my son around is even worst, no one pay attention. I need to do it one to one.

Mostly spending a lot of time just to catch her attention. For me, when she eats or when my son isn’t around, eventhough she isn’t pay attention, i will sit down there and read out. My objective is to show her "i am reading". Hope she will learn.

Take it easy! Anyway only 2 yo.

[verykiasu2010]

in light of the recent debate on MT, how come there is no kiasuparents to "bother" on early reading for MT books ? (or i miss it some where ?)

[dimsum]

verykiasu2010:

in light of the recent debate on MT, how come there is no kiasuparents to \"bother\" on early reading for MT books ? (or i miss it some where ?)

You can refer to another thread \"Teaching Chinese at Home\".

[verykiasu2010]

dimsum:

verykiasu2010:

in light of the recent debate on MT, how come there is no kiasuparents to \"bother\" on early reading for MT books ? (or i miss it some where ?)

You can refer to another thread \"Teaching Chinese at Home\".

Thanks

[kids_r_innocent]

Hi...


Anyone is able to advise how we can choose \"good english books\" for our children to read when there are so many out there in the market/library. Especially so for those books with good contents and yet suffice pictures to engage the young readers.

[jedamum]

kids_r_innocent:

Hi...


Anyone is able to advise how we can choose \"good english books\" for our children to read when there are so many out there in the market/library. Especially so for those books with good contents and yet suffice pictures to engage the young readers.

hi kids_r_innocent,
personally i find it hard to gauge how good is the book cos different genre of books appeal to different readers' appetite and standard (eg while some people raved about Murderous Math, i have yet to get my boy to read beyond the first chapter maybe cos it is too advance/dry for him; eg while my boy loves Horrible Science, he does not like Horrible Geography as much etc). 'good books' are also subjective cos some parents are receptive to humor or comics while others prefer that their kids read classics.
that's why i find it very fruitful for parents to share in a forum like this so that parents who do not have the luxury of time to browse every shelves in the library can just zoom into the specific 'recommended books' and gauge if it suits their child.
MHO.

PS: i think you should update your child's details (at least the birth year) so that parents can make better recommendation/advice based on your kids' age.

PS: i usually get very excited when i hit the nail by selecting the genre of books that my ds1 likes cos i can relying on other titles in the same series to tide over the next few weeks of reading sessions and then it is back to square one in search of engaging books again. :frustrated:

[jedamum]

RE 39 Clues


any idea if must start from Book 1? can stop halfway or must go on-and-on...? are the cards essential in forming part of the reading experience?
TIA.

[kids_r_innocent]

Wow... thanks jedamum for your advise. I will keep a lookout for good books in this forum too.

[Blobbi]

jedamum:

RE 39 Clues


any idea if must start from Book 1? can stop halfway or must go on-and-on...? are the cards essential in forming part of the reading experience?
TIA.

Teehee, Jedamum, I wrote about this a few pages ago but got no response. I think Cafelatte may also have an idea. Hope she sees this.

Anyway, our experience is this: after the first book, the quality of the books went downhill. Rick Riordan, the author of the 1st, is the best according to my son. After that, some books were more of a struggle than others. He's stuck at bk6 and not clamouring for more. I got him the cards when he wanted - they provide clues. Think he stopped at card pack 2. There are already some cards in each book, so that might suffice.

Hope you get better mileage out of it!

[jedamum]

Blobbi:

Teehee, Jedamum, I wrote about this a few pages ago but got no response. I think Cafelatte may also have an idea. Hope she sees this.

Anyway, our experience is this: after the first book, the quality of the books went downhill. Rick Riordan, the author of the 1st, is the best according to my son. After that, some books were more of a struggle than others. He's stuck at bk6 and not clamouring for more. I got him the cards when he wanted - they provide clues. Think he stopped at card pack 2. There are already some cards in each book, so that might suffice.

Hope you get better mileage out of it!

hi blobbi,
thanks for your response.
that means can start and stop at book 1 without cliffhanger?
library copies don't come with cards, so wondering if it may be like a missing puzzle without the cards to provide clues.