All About Grooming & Encouraging Good Reading Habits
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Thanks for that reply! Always great to hear from a teacher! My teacher friends have encouraged me to spend more time reading with my daughter. Not so much to coach her but to instil a love for reading, which is the primary source of knowledge. I’ll look out for that title! Interesting title though;)
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Hi. Are there any books that compare the speed for different vehicles? TIA
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Hi all, do you have any recommendation for good and interesting books for K2 girl?
Browsing through the previous thread, it seems most kids are able to handle chapter books by the age of 6-7. My girls is still reading pictures books. Is there any good interesting entry level chapter books which will is suitable to introduce to her? And where can I buy them?
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Hi XEK3, You wanna try books by Robert McCloskey? His books are really nice and there are quite many words despite it being picture book. (available in the library also).
Or perhaps Paddington series? My K2 kid refuses to go near books with more words than pictures but he loves Paddington series (I just get them from the JP section in the library - this is for the very young kids).
My older boy got started on series reading when we did Winnie the pooh (the original by AA Milne). He got so hooked on the story that he picked up the book himself when I was too tired to read to him.
if you want to get started on series books, maybe you can also try My naughty little sister (cant’ recall the author’s name offhand). The 3 series I’ve named are all chapter stories - each chapter is 1 story so it’s easier to handle. -
Hi hquek, thanks for all the recommendation. Will head down to the library with my daughter and take a look at the books you named. Hopefully she will start to love reading like your kids.
She is so much into Barbie and princess. She seems more interested in picking books with princess’s cover. -
hi XEK3, mine are based on the likes/dislikes of 2 boys - the elder one tends to be more into grosser stuff (slime squad that type of series).
if your girl is into more dainty stuff, you may want to go for those magic pony series types of books. i see them all over the place in the JS section. Sorry, we’ve never read these and hence I can’t make any proper recommendation.
oh, you may want to look for this series of books by Lois Lowry…it’s called Gooney Bird Green (not sure if my spelling is off). About a little girl with her idiosyncracies and independent ways in class. very good and fun read and there is some introduction to english words and way of writing. Very fun read altogether. -
Hi hquek, thanks…the series books by Lois Lowry sounds interesting. Will keep a look out for it.
Your recommendation for the boy’s reader is helpful as it give me an idea for what to look out for my boy.
BTW, sounds silly to ask but what does JP section and JS section stand for? -
that’s a good question, it took me a while to learn this also. Library classifies kids books into the following:
JP is for picture books (not so many words, loads of pictures and colours).
JS is for early chapter books and books with some pictures in them.
J is for the older young kids - more pages, little/no pictures.
oh yah, oh yah, that reminds me of another author that’s pretty good also. Terry Deary. he wrote the horrible history series. I quite enjoyed his short chapter books set in historical (eg egyptian/roman times), and I think he did write some stories based on greek mythology. May not appeal to trendy youngsters (I’m partial towards history). -
XEK3:
My DD was very hooked on the Magic Tree House series (and evil me used those books to get her to do something that was very mundane). It has interesting storyline and at the same time, imparts general knowledge.Hi all, do you have any recommendation for good and interesting books for K2 girl?
Browsing through the previous thread, it seems most kids are able to handle chapter books by the age of 6-7. My girls is still reading pictures books. Is there any good interesting entry level chapter books which will is suitable to introduce to her? And where can I buy them?
Thank you.
If your girl likes fairies, another series is the Rainbow Fairies series.
Actually, to move from picture books to chapter books, it's good to start off with certain readers such as Step into Reading and Hello Readers. There are also some very thin chapter books with coloured pictures. May attract girls to want to read them.
Certain titles from Roald Dahl are good too (and extemely funny):
- The Enormous Crocodile
- The Magic Finger
- Giraffe and the Pelly and Me -
Busymom:
Does ur gal has problem understanding the story? There are many new words and i have to explain the story to let her understand better.
My DD was very hooked on the Magic Tree House series (and evil me used those books to get her to do something that was very mundane). It has interesting storyline and at the same time, imparts general knowledge.XEK3:
Hi all, do you have any recommendation for good and interesting books for K2 girl?
Browsing through the previous thread, it seems most kids are able to handle chapter books by the age of 6-7. My girls is still reading pictures books. Is there any good interesting entry level chapter books which will is suitable to introduce to her? And where can I buy them?
Thank you.
If your girl likes fairies, another series is the Rainbow Fairies series.
Actually, to move from picture books to chapter books, it's good to start off with certain readers such as Step into Reading and Hello Readers. There are also some very thin chapter books with coloured pictures. May attract girls to want to read them.
Certain titles from Roald Dahl are good too (and extemely funny):
- The Enormous Crocodile
- The Magic Finger
- Giraffe and the Pelly and Me