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Post by klong11 on Oct 14, 2019 13:27:27 GMT -6
flamingo you might check out the "I Survived" series. They are historical fiction about children who survived various instances in history.
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Post by flamingo on Oct 14, 2019 13:28:51 GMT -6
Hi! Busy long weekend here; we had so much fun with my sister and nephew. Perfect mix of activity and relaxing. We took the kids out to a farm that has animals, hayrides, etc on Saturday and it was the cutest. However! Having a little one in the house again has confirmed that we are definitely good with 2 kids, lol. I don’t think C was meant to be a middle child 😂 Now I’m back from the airport and helping B with an assignment (today is a Virtual Learning /teacher planning day, so no school). Will you tell me more about how they structure the virtual leaning? This is only our first assignment, but we were asked for the kids to draw a pic, tell a story on video, or similar of how they can show good citizenship at home (this goes along with their citizenship curriculum in class). Then we upload the drawing or recording to an online platform we utilize called Seesaw. That’s how I see some of his class work with the teacher’s comments (or recordings of him describing a drawing, reciting a poem/rhyme they’ve learned, etc) |
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Post by flamingo on Oct 14, 2019 13:31:00 GMT -6
flamingo you might check out the "I Survived" series. They are historical fiction about children who survived various instances in history. Yes, I’ve heard of those but we don’t have any yet! Thanks for the reminder—definitely a good stocking-stuffer idea |
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Post by wineallthetime on Oct 14, 2019 13:33:09 GMT -6
C really loves reading books that are all about snakes and spiders. Ew.
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Post by jewels on Oct 14, 2019 13:45:33 GMT -6
We are reading aloud to B, he has some sight words but is not reading independently. jewels My B really enjoys non-fiction. Titanic, Pompeii, weather/natural disasters like earthquakes (lol, sign us up for mass-scale death and destruction 😬😳), outer space and even history. We have really liked books in these series:   Ohh these are great, thank you! |
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Post by flamingo on Oct 14, 2019 13:50:19 GMT -6
C really loves reading books that are all about snakes and spiders. Ew. Have y'all read Kipling's Rikki Tikki Tavi (about the mongoose and cobras)? B loves that one. There are a couple good illustrated versions. I remember watching the cartoon as a kid. |
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 14, 2019 13:57:06 GMT -6
C really loves reading books that are all about snakes and spiders. Ew.  |
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Post by lahdeedah on Oct 14, 2019 14:26:41 GMT -6
M can read simple sentences - I like my house. - for example. I still read a lot of books out loud. He’ll try to sound some words out and blindly guesses at others. He’s improving though.
He brings home a variety books from the library. No clear favorites.
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Post by tallb on Oct 14, 2019 15:26:47 GMT -6
J reads Bob level 2 books, but we haven't picked up too many books from the library for him to actually read yet. Need to get on that. He has brought home books from the library but we keep forgetting to read them🤦.
Just getting home and both girls are snoozing. I drove by my dad's house one last time since they settle tomorrow, but didn't pull in since there were cars there and didn't want to stress anyone out with an unannounced visit. I brought back a ton of kids clothes from my mom's house to sort/donate..this will be a project to say the least.
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Post by wineallthetime on Oct 14, 2019 15:46:57 GMT -6
C really loves reading books that are all about snakes and spiders. Ew. Have y'all read Kipling's Rikki Tikki Tavi (about the mongoose and cobras)? B loves that one. There are a couple good illustrated versions. I remember watching the cartoon as a kid. No, I'll look into that!!! |
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Post by wedding on Oct 14, 2019 19:12:49 GMT -6
Our K teacher said at open house that learning to read is done in first grade and isn’t a developmentally appropriate milestone in K (not that it’s bad but showing that it is t a good expectation to have at this point). That made me feel better since C isn’t reading yet. We are working on sight words now and working on writing a few lower case letters he still does backwards.
He doesn’t care much for fiction so I’ll have to look into some of these suggestions.
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Post by klong11 on Oct 14, 2019 19:50:10 GMT -6
Cadence always brings home nonfiction from the school library. Mostly about puppies and kittens.
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Post by lahdeedah on Oct 14, 2019 20:55:40 GMT -6
vino I think I remember you mentioning that this weekend that Thanksgiving was today or yesterday?? Happy Thanksgiving to my Canada ladies!
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Post by Sunny41 on Oct 14, 2019 21:19:34 GMT -6
Our K teacher said at open house that learning to read is done in first grade and isn’t a developmentally appropriate milestone in K (not that it’s bad but showing that it is t a good expectation to have at this point). That made me feel better since C isn’t reading yet. We are working on sight words now and working on writing a few lower case letters he still does backwards. He doesn’t care much for fiction so I’ll have to look into some of these suggestions. That sounds right. I think now they focus on letter identification, phonics, sight words, and types of words (noun) . Putting it all together is a bonus. |
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Post by Sunny41 on Oct 14, 2019 21:25:25 GMT -6
They split the 3 K classes by reading level. He goes to the advanced. At his preK they stressed knowing this list of 40 sight words. Some kids don't know the alphabet though so there is a huge range. We are reading the kindergarten- grade 1 books (the number varies by publisher). I read a page, he reads a page. Something has clicked over the past few weeks and he's reading and doing math like a wiz (for a kindergartener).
The is a series of chapter books called acorn series (?). The acorn is good for early reader and the tree for the next level. But good stories
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Post by vino on Oct 15, 2019 8:42:29 GMT -6
vino I think I remember you mentioning that this weekend that Thanksgiving was today or yesterday?? Happy Thanksgiving to my Canada ladies! Thanks friend! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family on Sunday and it was nice to have the extra day off for the weekend  |
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Post by vino on Oct 15, 2019 8:50:16 GMT -6
jewels We arent doing any series yet, I dont think it would hold his interest, his attention span is that of Dory from Finding Nemo....he really like the National geographic books, 'big books of Why' and dinosaurs, the 5 Minute stories of Marvel and of course Star Wars. Last week he came home BEGGING for the new 'Dog Man' books (he even grabbed the tea towel to dry the dishes after dinner one night so we could go before bath/bedtime) some of his older friends in OSC have them, they're a comic book type, but he can read them on his own. Apparently it is the creator of the Captain underpants?..I mean , i have no idea. Within the books it teaches them how to draw the characters as well, so he is currently making his own comic book, complete with a story line, captions, pictures and he is using his imagination to think of the next part of the story, which doesnt come naturally to him.
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 15, 2019 8:54:15 GMT -6
jewels We arent doing any series yet, I dont think it would hold his interest, his attention span is that of Dory from Finding Nemo....he really like the National geographic books, 'big books of Why' and dinosaurs, the 5 Minute stories of Marvel and of course Star Wars. Last week he came home BEGGING for the new 'Dog Man' books (he even grabbed the tea towel to dry the dishes after dinner one night so we could go before bath/bedtime) some of his older friends in OSC have them, they're a comic book type, but he can read them on his own. Apparently it is the creator of the Captain underpants?..I mean , i have no idea. Within the books it teaches them how to draw the characters as well, so he is currently making his own comic book, complete with a story line, captions, pictures and he is using his imagination to think of the next part of the story, which doesnt come naturally to him. Madison loves the Dog Man books. Costco sells a collection of them. |
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Post by vino on Oct 15, 2019 8:55:51 GMT -6
re: reading. B is reading on his own and has been since the beginning of the calendar year, there was a lot of emphasis on it in kinder. There are sight words that he does every day, he reads books he gets from the library, his teacher and at home he reads his comics and does the Pete the Cat books, and ones like it, on his own for a total of about 15-20 minutes per day.
Learning is his wheelhouse, it is how I keep him focused most times and what drives him. He has math books that have simple addition and subtraction and that's what I take to restaurants to keep him entertained. He likes to finish something, the end of a book or get the answer right on a math question.
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Post by vino on Oct 15, 2019 8:56:34 GMT -6
jewels We arent doing any series yet, I dont think it would hold his interest, his attention span is that of Dory from Finding Nemo....he really like the National geographic books, 'big books of Why' and dinosaurs, the 5 Minute stories of Marvel and of course Star Wars. Last week he came home BEGGING for the new 'Dog Man' books (he even grabbed the tea towel to dry the dishes after dinner one night so we could go before bath/bedtime) some of his older friends in OSC have them, they're a comic book type, but he can read them on his own. Apparently it is the creator of the Captain underpants?..I mean , i have no idea. Within the books it teaches them how to draw the characters as well, so he is currently making his own comic book, complete with a story line, captions, pictures and he is using his imagination to think of the next part of the story, which doesnt come naturally to him. Madison loves the Dog Man books. Costco sells a collection of them. Good to know! I'm a newb with this but he carried that book all over the house the entire weekend, he loves it |
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Post by vino on Oct 15, 2019 8:59:30 GMT -6
MH is off today so he has the house all to himself. Anyone placing bets on whether he'll be watching tv all day or if he'll actually do some stuff around the house? Imma need an update on this. Who won the bet, the group that thought he'd be lazy or productive? |
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Post by jewels on Oct 15, 2019 9:03:54 GMT -6
jewels We arent doing any series yet, I dont think it would hold his interest, his attention span is that of Dory from Finding Nemo....he really like the National geographic books, 'big books of Why' and dinosaurs, the 5 Minute stories of Marvel and of course Star Wars. Last week he came home BEGGING for the new 'Dog Man' books (he even grabbed the tea towel to dry the dishes after dinner one night so we could go before bath/bedtime) some of his older friends in OSC have them, they're a comic book type, but he can read them on his own. Apparently it is the creator of the Captain underpants?..I mean , i have no idea. Within the books it teaches them how to draw the characters as well, so he is currently making his own comic book, complete with a story line, captions, pictures and he is using his imagination to think of the next part of the story, which doesnt come naturally to him. That is amazing. I have to look for those. In school they have been teaching how to put a story together and S comes home fascinated with the details (he was amazed that you have to think up the whole story first!). |
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 15, 2019 9:06:04 GMT -6
Our K teacher said at open house that learning to read is done in first grade and isn’t a developmentally appropriate milestone in K (not that it’s bad but showing that it is t a good expectation to have at this point). That made me feel better since C isn’t reading yet. We are working on sight words now and working on writing a few lower case letters he still does backwards. He doesn’t care much for fiction so I’ll have to look into some of these suggestions. Madison really took off with reading in the 1st grade. They didn't even work on reading other than some sight words and phonics basics in K. With Cass I still read picture books to her. |
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 15, 2019 9:11:45 GMT -6
MH is off today so he has the house all to himself. Anyone placing bets on whether he'll be watching tv all day or if he'll actually do some stuff around the house? Imma need an update on this. Who won the bet, the group that thought he'd be lazy or productive? Definitely lazy. Technically, he did have to take a test for work that took him 4 hours, but the house was in worse shape than when I left it. You're shocked, I'm sure. |
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 15, 2019 9:15:48 GMT -6
Imma need an update on this. Who won the bet, the group that thought he'd be lazy or productive? Definitely lazy. Technically, he did have to take a test for work that took him 4 hours, but the house was in worse shape than when I left it. You're shocked, I'm sure. Man men drive me crazy sometimes--most of the time. Yesterday I vacuumed the whole house, did a mountain of laundry, and mowed the lawn but I still felt lazy because I sat on my butt part of the day. Oh to be a dude and have no guilt nagging at you while sitting on your butt all day. |
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Post by peachsmama on Oct 15, 2019 10:46:57 GMT -6
Definitely lazy. Technically, he did have to take a test for work that took him 4 hours, but the house was in worse shape than when I left it. You're shocked, I'm sure. Man men drive me crazy sometimes--most of the time. Yesterday I vacuumed the whole house, did a mountain of laundry, and mowed the lawn but I still felt lazy because I sat on my butt part of the day. Oh to be a dude and have no guilt nagging at you while sitting on your butt all day. My biggest pet peeve is that he starting to be like the kids and he knows that I'll just clean up after him. The other day he opened an Amazon package and left the Box open on the table, all the packing material, the scissors were laying open- not even closed and all the wrapping from the item itself. He tore into it took out what he wanted and left the mess for me. I was so frustrated. |
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 15, 2019 11:11:38 GMT -6
Man men drive me crazy sometimes--most of the time. Yesterday I vacuumed the whole house, did a mountain of laundry, and mowed the lawn but I still felt lazy because I sat on my butt part of the day. Oh to be a dude and have no guilt nagging at you while sitting on your butt all day. My biggest pet peeve is that he starting to be like the kids and he knows that I'll just clean up after him. The other day he opened an Amazon package and left the Box open on the table, all the packing material, the scissors were laying open- not even closed and all the wrapping from the item itself. He tore into it took out what he wanted and left the mess for me. I was so frustrated. Did you make him clean it up? |
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Post by peachsmama on Oct 15, 2019 11:23:47 GMT -6
My biggest pet peeve is that he starting to be like the kids and he knows that I'll just clean up after him. The other day he opened an Amazon package and left the Box open on the table, all the packing material, the scissors were laying open- not even closed and all the wrapping from the item itself. He tore into it took out what he wanted and left the mess for me. I was so frustrated. Did you make him clean it up? I did and purposely made him feel like one of our kids in the process. He apologized and said it wont happen again. |
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 15, 2019 12:06:15 GMT -6
Did you make him clean it up? I did and purposely made him feel like one of our kids in the process. He apologized and said it wont happen again. Good! |
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Post by wedding on Oct 15, 2019 19:22:51 GMT -6
Funny you should mention Dogman vino. C came home tonight with one and was raving about it. I’ve actually read most of the Dogman books because that was what the kid I read with wanted to read when I was doing the reading program. C was very impressed I knew so much. I also just signed up for Sports Illustrated Kids for one of his Christmas gifts. Not a book but a good gift idea for other sport loving kids. |
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