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Good chapter book/longer stories to read nightly to kindergartners?
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I would like to start read a book at night to my kids chapter by chapter to get them into longer books and the concept of a story that keeps going, etc.
I was thinking Charlotte's Web but didn't know if it was too much for 5 yr olds?
I know their teacher read a Junie B Jones book to them over the last week or so and they really enjoyed that so my mom is going to get them one of those around T-giving but I wanted to get something else to start soon..
Suggestions?
(FWIW they also read shorter/easier books and we work on reading so this would not replace them trying to read shorter books at their level).
I was thinking Charlotte's Web but didn't know if it was too much for 5 yr olds?
I know their teacher read a Junie B Jones book to them over the last week or so and they really enjoyed that so my mom is going to get them one of those around T-giving but I wanted to get something else to start soon..
Suggestions?
(FWIW they also read shorter/easier books and we work on reading so this would not replace them trying to read shorter books at their level).
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Re: Good chapter book/longer stories to read nightly to kindergartners?
I also thought about stuart little, along the same lines as Charlotte's web....
Kids are good- DS has found some boys in his class that he is getting along well with, which he didnt have in the last class, he played on his own a lot b/c the boys were all kind of rough & into sports. He also doesnt fight with me to go to school in the morning which is great... I think by the time he goes off to public school he will be in a much better place for it.
Are you struggling w/ the decision to keep her at montessori instead of public K? I do feel that the academic piece might be a struggle next year b/c they'll be so ahead (esp DS who reads at a pretty high level already & seems to absorb everything quickly I dont want him to be bored & act out) but we live in one of those school districts where a lot of ppl hold back & also pretty much their whole current class will be going on to public K (most have just turned 5 recently so just missed cutoff) next year so it probably wont be a big deal.
One thing I'll say is that i have yet to meet a single person/parent who regretted having been held back or holding back their child and have met many who wish they had (or ended up holding back later which is obviously much harder).
That is definitely BS that a kid gets less reading time b/c they can read better...?! I know they do leveling starting in kindergarten in our district but I guess I need to find out exactly how/what they do with them... ugh. School is so complicated now. LOL.
We're making our way through all the Roald Dahl books. They were my absolute favorite as a kid. As a bonus, when we finish a book we have a family movie night and all watch the movie together. We just finished Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach.
Anything to get off Captain Underpants.. we've read them all (and the spinoffs) several times. DS is in 1st grade and Harry Potter doesn't yet hold his interest. I love how Roald Dahl has affected his speech. The other day he told me something was "just dreadful."
"Just dreadful" is adorable.
I was thinking of reading Matilda to the kids. I love the idea of family movie night!
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