All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits

[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:

[kids_r_innocent]

sleepy:

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.

Oh, Young Scientist mag? R they available in the library?
*Blur mummy* :stupid:

[sleepy]

kids_r_innocent:

sleepy:

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.

Oh, Young Scientist mag? R they available in the library?
*Blur mummy* :stupid:

I hardly see Young Scientist magazines in library. I subscribed through my elder one's primary school. Subscription form is also available at any popular bookshop. You can browse the magazine at popular too

[Hanvid]

Hi parents,


I’m not sure where to post this question or if this question has been posted b4. I’ll like to know what is the best way to help my son (k2) understand new words that he comes across when reading.

I’m currently reading "The Little Wooden Horse" with him and I’m not sure if I’m using the correct method of asking him to:
1)underline words that he does not understand
2)Check the meaning of the new word in the dictionary
3)Write it down in a word bank book including the meaning

I’m wondering if this method of halting and continuing with the reading is disrupting the flow of the story as he reads.

Appreciate your comments!

[hermes173]

Hanvid:

Hi parents,


I'm not sure where to post this question or if this question has been posted b4. I'll like to know what is the best way to help my son (k2) understand new words that he comes across when reading.

I'm currently reading \"The Little Wooden Horse\" with him and I'm not sure if I'm using the correct method of asking him to:
1)underline words that he does not understand
2)Check the meaning of the new word in the dictionary
3)Write it down in a word bank book including the meaning

I'm wondering if this method of halting and continuing with the reading is disrupting the flow of the story as he reads.

Appreciate your comments!

It would and it might make him lose interest in the story.

You could underline the words and teach your boy how to use contextual clues to guess the meaning of the words as you are reading the story. Guessing words from context is a useful skill to have in school. During the examination, when the child comes across a word he does not know, he would not have access to the dictionary. But if he is able to guess the meaning of the word from the text before or after, he would still be able to understand the passage.

Then after having read the story, you could check the meaning of the words in the dictionary and write down the meaning in a word bank book together with your boy. This would help him to develop dictionary skills which are also useful.

[Hanvid]

Hi hermes173,


Thank you for the advice and suggestion! Greatly appreciated!

We were reading half way thru the book when I realised he may not know the meanings of some of the words. So I started him with looking up the meanings of these words and writing them down. However, I realised it doesn't seemed effective and like you mentioned, he seemed to be losing interest in the story.

Fortunately, its not too late to get back to enjoying the story!

Thanks again!

[hermes173]

You are welcome, Hanvid.