All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits

[jedamum]

Blobbi:

Michteach:

Oh no!! So he was scared when he read Spiderwick? So what books is he reading now?

The worst part is, Spiderwick was so long ago, but the effects are so far reaching :(. My fault.

He's reading this series by Terry Deary called Classified, and is currently at the Discovery of Roswell. Not exactly non-scary reading, huh? But he's very much into spaceships, phenomena etc. Maybe so long as it's non fantasy, no beast coming out of toilet bowl type, he's fine. :lol:

Ok, I didn't pre-read again :roll:. But he doesn't seem spooked so far. :lol:

Lightning Thief?? gonna check that out. thanks MichTech.
blobbi, i think maybe cos your boy was quite young ba. Spiderwicks i reckon should be suitable for P3 and above (i mean the storyline rather than the difficult words). my boy did ask if it is real. my boy is more spooked by non-fiction books than fiction ones! i stay clear of Science books that carry bacteria titles or Horrible Histories cos they will definitely spook him out!

[Michteach]

Blobbi:

Michteach:

Oh no!! So he was scared when he read Spiderwick? So what books is he reading now?

The worst part is, Spiderwick was so long ago, but the effects are so far reaching :(. My fault.

He's reading this series by Terry Deary called Classified, and is currently at the Discovery of Roswell. Not exactly non-scary reading, huh? But he's very much into spaceships, phenomena etc. Maybe so long as it's non fantasy, no beast coming out of toilet bowl type, he's fine. :lol:

Ok, I didn't pre-read again :roll:. But he doesn't seem spooked so far. :lol:

Hi Blobbi,

Is Terry Deary good? Where did you get it from?:)

Maybe your son can read spiderwick when he gets older:))

[Michteach]

jedamum:

Lightning Thief?? gonna check that out. thanks MichTech.
blobbi, i think maybe cos your boy was quite young ba. Spiderwicks i reckon should be suitable for P3 and above (i mean the storyline rather than the difficult words). my boy did ask if it is real. my boy is more spooked by non-fiction books than fiction ones! i stay clear of Science books that carry bacteria titles or Horrible Histories cos they will definitely spook him out!

Hey jedamum,

You can watch the movie with him to excite him about it:) Is your boy in Pri 3 and above, any good books to jie sao for that age range, am quite blur about that age range, afraid I have to teach lower to mid pri one day and will be :stupid:

[Blobbi]

jedamum:

Lightning Thief?? gonna check that out. thanks MichTech.
blobbi, i think maybe cos your boy was quite young ba. Spiderwicks i reckon should be suitable for P3 and above (i mean the storyline rather than the difficult words). my boy did ask if it is real. my boy is more spooked by non-fiction books than fiction ones! i stay clear of Science books that carry bacteria titles or Horrible Histories cos they will definitely spook him out!

Yah, I really regret about the books. The opening few books was quite innocent some more.

Hey, my son was like that about bacteria too! Last time when I brought him to the Science centre when there was an exhibit, he turned green. He still refuses to go near the section, but guess what? About a year ago, he became obsessed with diseases. That's how the Horrible Science books started, but he's also seen quite a few books on cancer etc (I'm terrified myself). Says he needs to know more to protect himself. Anyway, this phase keeps coming back. He still can't stand blood, but studying about diseases seems quite blood free, at this level anyway :).

[Blobbi]

Michteach:

Hi Blobbi,

Is Terry Deary good? Where did you get it from?:)

Michteach, he seems to like it. Looks rather dry to me actually, but I haven't read. The books are quite slim. We got them at the book fair at the Forum. Not sure it that's still on though.

[Blobbi]

Jedamum, has your son tried Jeri Telstar? By Nury Vitachi. They're quite slim books, only 3 titles are available. The 4th one is sold out everywhere. Nury Vitachi actually came to Singapore for a book signing, and my son was really thrilled to meet him. Except we already have the three books at home so we couldn't get his signature. :roll:


I think I recommended it before in the earlier pages of this thread, but just in case people need a book recc for the upcoming hols. I remember amazon saying its for the 9-12 crowd but I don't think so. The first one especially is for the younger crowd, but the level may have scaled up in bks 2 & 3. They're very science-y, I think. My son says they're loads of fun. Just light hearted reading.

Have fun!

[Michteach, these titles will work for you too for the lower primary kids you were talking about.]

[mummy of 2]

My kids love Richard Scarry and Julia Donaldson books too. Eric Carle is hit-and-miss :roll: Somehow they don't take to Dr Seuss.

[sleepy]

kids_r_innocent:

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.

My K2 girl's favourite book is 'Pippi Longstocking' by Astrid Lindgren. Available in library.

She also loves Young Scientist magazines. Read and re-read.

[jedamum]

blobbi, sleepy,

wa...your listed books sound so alien to me. gonna write them down and check them out.

michtech,
my boy probably wont want to read the book after he watch the show; he is lazy, and really read only for overall storyline and ending rather than details. for Spiderwick, i promised him the show after he finished the book. and when he finally finished the book, he only watched the first 20min and stopped cos he said the book is more interesting. thanks for the tip though.
btw, my boy is in P2, so can't help on upper pri books recommendation. :oops:

RE richard scarry
my younger boy did not take to richard scarry books too. for dr seuss, i have yet to introduce to him Horton hears a who type of more lengthy ones cos he cannot stay too long on one page for now.

RE toddler books
my younger boy likes me to read and re-read Alphabet Books (Alphabet Adventure, Mystery, Rescue) by Audrey Wood. he likes PD Eastman's books. i did get only a few of Usborne First Reading books in the library (eg http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Fish-First-Reading-Level/dp/0794516971/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274367466&sr=1-33, and he likes it for the illustration and few words. surprisingly, while he likes the cartoon Harry and the Bucketful of dinosaurs, he did not quite like the books...(like as in will read over and over again). recently borrowed the Dr Seuss ABC (after chancing upon the Youtube version) and he likes it - i borrowed the one with chinese words too, which he likes me to read too.

[kids_r_innocent]

Hi Hquek and Blobbi,


Okie, okie.... i will keep a lookout for Pamela Allen and Lynley Dodd in the JS section under author D, the next time i visit the library.

:thankyou: