All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits
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can i ask ? DD K1 teacher taught them to say “eh” for A but in leap frog and starfall.com it’s pronounce at “ah”… “eh” is very near to E sound… which is correct? DD teacher said the song " Ant on the apple, ah ah ah" is wrong… she said if you say A sound is “ah” how do you promounce ANT ? it’s “eh” n “teh”… ANT… can advise? cos this has confuse my DD she come back telling me teach said A is not “ah” but “eh” but “eh” is for E…
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Everyone, thanks for the suggestions on where to find the Magic Tree House books.
I have discovered amongst the local bookstores, Kinokuniya carries the books.
But I have been buying online from Bookdepository.com. It’s much cheaper and has free shipping to Singapore.
I highly recommend the Magic Tree House books as a transition from picture books to chapter books. Thus far, my DS in P1 has been hooked on the books and finishes 1 book (average length of 70 pages) in one day.
The best part is the series introduces kids to wide ranging subject matters such as history of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient China, ancient Japan etc. The non fiction titles provide the historical facts and background of the story in the fiction titles which widens the kids’ general knowledge.
I have always found our primary school kids are not exposed to a breadth of general knowledge beyond English, Maths and Science unlike Western school curriculum which places equal emphasis on World History, Art, Geography etc from a young age. So I find the Magic Tree House series is a very useful tool to expose kids to these things! -
I’ve bought several of the Magic Tree House Series and a year ago, I started to buy the Audio CDs that match the books and my kids ages 6-12 simply love it!! The CDs are read by the author herself and they bring to life the stories. My youngest especially developed excellent vocabulary from his daily listening to audio cds.
For young readers, Arnold Lobel is a fantastic author with many heartwarming and funny stories. We love his audio cds too. -
beanbear:
Hi beanbear, may I know where to get the audio CDs? ThanksI've bought several of the Magic Tree House Series and a year ago, I started to buy the Audio CDs that match the books and my kids ages 6-12 simply love it!! The CDs are read by the author herself and they bring to life the stories. My youngest especially developed excellent vocabulary from his daily listening to audio cds.
For young readers, Arnold Lobel is a fantastic author with many heartwarming and funny stories. We love his audio cds too. -
Can I ask which level is Magic Tree House suitable for? That is…the level of difficulty? Can a 10yrs old read? Is it too simple? Thks.
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Clarie79:
yes...beanbear, i am interested in audio cds too. thanks.
Hi beanbear, may I know where to get the audio CDs? Thanksbeanbear:
I've bought several of the Magic Tree House Series and a year ago, I started to buy the Audio CDs that match the books and my kids ages 6-12 simply love it!! The CDs are read by the author herself and they bring to life the stories. My youngest especially developed excellent vocabulary from his daily listening to audio cds.
For young readers, Arnold Lobel is a fantastic author with many heartwarming and funny stories. We love his audio cds too. -
jedamum:
yes...beanbear, i am interested in audio cds too. thanks.[/quote]You can buy them at http://www.bookdepository.co.uk. You should use the advance search functions by selecting audio cds & children. Happy shopping!
Hi beanbear, may I know where to get the audio CDs? ThanksClarie79:
[quote=\"beanbear\"]I've bought several of the Magic Tree House Series and a year ago, I started to buy the Audio CDs that match the books and my kids ages 6-12 simply love it!! The CDs are read by the author herself and they bring to life the stories. My youngest especially developed excellent vocabulary from his daily listening to audio cds.
For young readers, Arnold Lobel is a fantastic author with many heartwarming and funny stories. We love his audio cds too. -
edited by optimistforum…please ignore this post
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Hi All,
I read this post with interest. I have a 5 yo son, whom can’t read yet. I’m been teaching him phonics and blendings. He is able to sound all single alphabets but not the blends. Is it true some kids just can’t blend ? If yes, any suggestion how to teach them?
I’m getting really fraustrated, as been teaching him for so long, yet he still can’t read at all. I feel so guilty as he can feel my stress as I started screaming at him on several occassions and he is stressed too. I’ve enrolled him with phonics class … not much improvement though. -
Hi Mummyof Stars, i have the exact same issue with my son; he knows the sounds of each letter but can’t blend. Anyone has suggestions for a single FTWM like me?