We’ve been reading the same books over and over. This is good because Ms R learns to sight read sentences.
(Edit: I’ve just proved that theory by writing the word ‘flight’ on a piece of paper and asking her to read it. She looked thoughtful but only got as close as guessing fish. On the other side of the paper I wrote ‘A flight of stairs’ and she laughed out loud before reading it easily)
Anyway that sentence is from ‘Don’t Forget The Bacon’ by Pat Hutchins which we read everyday until the point when Ms R took over the reading of it and read it to us. She spends quite a long time on each page trying to get the expression in her voice just right.
We’ve also been reading two of John Burninghams books (Avocado Baby and Mr. Gumpys outing) both of which we’ve had out before but this time were Master Rs choice. And we’ve enjoyed ‘Mog The Forgetful Cat’ by Judith Kerr. It irritates me slightly that two out of these three books have burglars in and one has bullies. It’s surprising how often bullies crop up in the picture books that we borrow.
So today we joined the masses of school educated children in the library to sign up for the summer readig activity where we found Mrs. MonsterTeeny being ever so patient and kindly.
That’s interesting about the reading. I’m sure that favourite picturebooks can be extremely useful in the process. And, of course, it’s lovely to have favourite books anyway. I love Avocado Baby but you’re right about the bullies. He throws them in the pond, doesn’t he?
Comment by Allie — July 26, 2008 @ 10:10 am
Yes, he throws them in the pond. But I don’t like the image of children looking scared of bullies and bullies being nasty. I know it happens but I find it difficult answering their questions and I don’t want them thinking that it is a normal part of life that they must accept.
Comment by Administrator — July 26, 2008 @ 10:20 am