Help. reading tips please!
Saturday, 25 April 2009
YS is in primary 2 and becoming less and enthusiastic about his reading. Any tips on how to encourage him in his reading, without being too heavy handed and putting him off.
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This morning's definition of 'Panic'...
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...is realising you've forgotten your brother's Christmas present and that
the town where you're staying is not likely to offer anything particularly
excit...
Monday, April 27, 2009 7:20:00 PM
Well, Primary 2 is too young for Tropic of Cancer, so how about some sci fi?
Monday, April 27, 2009 10:30:00 PM
I was considering Marvel comics, he'd love that. He also loves reading recipes and then cooking stuff.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:20:00 AM
I'd go for whatever he's interested in...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:00:00 PM
Astrosaurs books. My boys LOVED them - started off reading them to them (if you see what I mean) and they graduated to reading them by themselves. They have an added incentive because they come with sort of trading cards inside the cover. The same author does the "Cows in Action" series. Secret service cows - how could they resist?
Saturday, May 02, 2009 6:16:00 PM
I don't know what age that means.
I guess quite young. Does he like animals? Dick king-Smith. Funny poetry? Horrid Henry? Harry Potter - start him off by reading them to him. I used to know so many good books! Elder Son isn't a reader; Younger Son is.
Oh, what are they called? The House That Sailed Away and others by pat hutchins.