Current Read-Alouds

Read-Alouds


These are a few of the books we enjoyed this week.




"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans

I wasn't sure if Robbie would enjoy this classic story or not. I've never wanted to raise him to shy away from books, movies, etc. which focus on a female character, so I thought I'd give it a try. After all, we don't expect girls to ignore stories which feature male lead characters. He didn't seem interested at first, but he quickly began to enjoy the story and the illustrations sparked in-depth conversations. His favorite part was where she told the tiger "Pooh-pooh".



"Swimmy" by Leo Lionni

Swimmy is the lone black fish in a school of red fish. When Swimmy finds himself alone in the ocean, he sees many creatures (which are wonderfully illustrated throughout). Robbie really liked this story and drew a lovely picture of Swimmy, the school of red fish and the large tuna fish.






I almost always initiate a mini-narration from him when we're finished so that I know he understood the story and we discuss the story during and after reading it. Of course, we read more than these, but many have been listed before, will be blogged about at a later date or weren't worth a report.




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5 comments:

  1. GOOD JOB ROBBIE READING IS FUN...........KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK JENN.YOUR A GREAT TEACHER, MOM, AND ROBBIE BEST FRIEND IT'S SO HARD WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE!!! XOXO

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  2. Ah, two classics! Great stories, both of them. Thanks for linking up to RAT!

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  3. Haha, my daughter enjoyed the pooh-pooh part as well. You should link up to my reading challenge, Madeline is on our list. Excellence In Reading Challenge

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  4. I have two boys (and a daughter), but both of my boys like Madeline as well, they're brand new 3 and 5. They prefer "Madeline's Rescue" though.

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  5. Both these books are loved in our house. Thanks for joining WMCIR!

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