by Donna | Jun 8, 2011
I want to leave you with more summertime reading and phonics help links. You may click on the links yesterday to find the beginning of each thread about helping your child with reading, tutoring without a formal program, and reviews of various phonics programs that I recommend.
For any reading or summer help, however, you may go to Positive Parenting 365 blogspot (as opposed to the FB page) and click on either “summer” or “reading” and hit older spots. Scroll up from there to find them in order, etc.
Today I will leave you with more summer reading help! One of the best ways that you can help your very young/new readers is to read with them in the summer every day. Today I will post links for general reader information, as well as specific readers and the uses we have found for them.
How to use graded readers with your kids– https://positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-169-summertimebeginning-reading.html
Choosing graded readers—IMPORTANT points to consider: https://positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-170-summertimebeginning-reading.html
Starting with the first readers—The Bob Books— https://positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-171-summertime-beginning-reading.html
After “Bob”—the next readers we recommend: https://positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-172-summertime-beginning-reading.html
Moving along with readers: https://positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-173-summertime-beginning-reading.html
Tomorrow—links for readability levels to help you help your non-beginners choose books at their level this summer!
by Donna | Apr 29, 2011
Ending our posts on National Poetry Month–((https://languagelady365.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-83-national-poetry-month-part-i-of.html ).
No poet is equipped without his or her handy rhyming dictionary! The one I have linked below is a thorough adult version. Very impressive.
There are rhyming word dictionaries (the one we have is softcover from Scholastic–and is very thorough for a student) for children as well.
Check this one out for adults: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Rhyming-Dictionary-Including-Poets/dp/0440212057
by Donna | Apr 28, 2011
More for National Poetry Month ((https://languagelady365.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-83-national-poetry-month-part-i-of.html ).
If you are interested in learning more about writing poetry or improving the poetry you do write, you might want to obtain the poetry handbook described below. I like trying different kinds than I normally write (which are nearly alwyas rhymed verse of fairly “normal” rhyme schemes–ABAB, AABBCC, ABCB, etc.). A handbook such as this one helps me learn about other styles–and challenges me to give them a try!
There are many handbooks out there–but the one below received rave reviews, is not too long, and is written by an award-winning poet.
Amazon.com Review: This slender guide by Mary Oliver deserves a place on the shelves of any budding poet. In clear, accessible prose, Oliver (winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for poetry) arms the reader with an understanding of the technical aspects of poetry writing. Her lessons on sound, line (length, meter, breaks), poetic forms (and lack thereof), tone, imagery, and revision are illustrated by a handful of wonderful poems (too bad Oliver was so modest as to not include her own). What could have been a dry account is infused throughout with Oliver’s passion for her subject, which she describes as “a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind.” One comes away from this volume feeling both empowered and daunted. Writing poetry is good, hard work.
https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Handbook-Mary-Oliver/dp/0156724006
Tomorrow–tips on getting started writing or teaching poetry.
by Donna | Apr 26, 2011
I just cannot say enough good about our family’s new “read aloud” Bible for this year. It has excerpts from Lee Strobel’s books as sidebars and insets within the biblical text–so we read the couple of paragraphs about the passage that is referenced, then go right to the Bible passage (New King James Version) and read it. It is amazing!
Quick enough reads for 5-10 min devos–or on evenings that we have more time, we read a couple or few of the entries. I love not having to flip from a book to the Bible, etc. We love the “Case for” books–and love them even more having the Bible passage that it refers to right there in its entirety. Great for ten to twenty year olds! 🙂
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Christ-Study-Bible-Investigating/dp/0310938945
by Donna | Apr 19, 2011
“You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” Deuteronomy 6:7
“If I had $500 to spend on everything I could use to train my preschoolers in faith, I would purchase the “Family Bible Library” and many, many picture books from Answers in Genesis. Children are inundated from earliest ages with the falsehoods of “millions of years,” etc.—we must counteract that information found in movies (even some of our favorite animated ones have references to it!), music, cartoons, museums, zoos, etc. with the truth. Picture books from Answers in Genesis can help you do that.” from an earlier post…
I have already reviewed the “Family Bible Library”during this “when you rise up” segment. I am going to re-print some creation science picture book reviews (as referenced in the above quote form an earlier post) today—even though not all of these are ones we necessarily use “when we rise up.” As a side note, our “littles,” ages birth to six or so, were seldom up first thing in the morning for that “faith” time. I would do readings, songs, poems, etc. with them when I got them up later. However, the creation science picture books that I am sharing below are appropriate for the six to twelve year old age group too, so I am including them at this point in the “teach them diligently and talk of them…” series. Thanks for joining us!
a. Answers in Genesis!
https://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/catalog/57-Years-Old,184.aspx
b. “In the Days of Noah” by Gloria Clanin–one of our faves! https://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/product/In-the-Days-of-Noah,4339,185.aspx
c. “The Bible Discovery Collection Bible Animals”—this is the perfect age to read animal creation science books!– by Bruce Barton, James Galvin, Michael Kendrick, Daryl Lucas, David Veerman, Neil Wilson (looks out of print, but some on Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Animals-Discovery-Collection/dp/084231038X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273891237&sr=1-3
d. “Dinosaurs and the Bible”—also the perfect age to read dinosaur creation science books!– by David Unfred https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Bible-David-W-Unfred/dp/0910311706
e. Answers in Genesis also has an amazing search engine that lets you search by age group. This is especially helpful in choosing creation science books because you do not want to get one with too much text for a four year old but too little text for a ten year old. The upper end of today’s age group’s suggestions can be found here https://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/catalog/811-Years-Old,185.aspx
