I posted recently about how Mylie’s reading skills have taken off (through no help of ours, I might add). I give full credit to Starfall.com and PBS’s WordWorld. But truly, as our good friend and children’s librarian said, we are entering a whole new world. And I am having so much fun!
We’ve been making many more library trips lately, as Mylie is devouring books. We’ve found the 1st-2nd grade readers to be just about perfect, and she has really been enjoying reading those to Nolan. Some of her favorites include the Poppleton books, Amelia Bedelia books and The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth. I’ve also been noticing so many more businesses in our community now, as I’m having their signs being read to me as we drive pass.
And then I found them. Some friends clued me in to The Magic Tree House Series, which is an adventure series of short chapter books in which a brother and sister pair are magically transported through their tree house to various places and time in history. There they learn all about what happens in that time period and have fun adventures. Yeah, it’s awesome. And though I know they’ve been around for awhile and are probably old news to all y’all with older kids, I’m totally loving this new magic world. Because, not only are the books educational, but many of them come with separate educational non-fiction guides about the historical period. AND, I can go online and print a plethora of worksheets and other activities to go along with them. I’m giddy. I’m in love. Oh, and Mylie likes them too. And, though she couldn’t sit down and read them to herself quite yet, once I’ve read them to her, I’ve caught her going back and reading the chapters out loud again. And I’m all the more excited because until she was well over two, we couldn’t get her to sit still to read a book to save our lives. But we may make a bookworm out of her yet!
The Magic Tree House - A Magic New World
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I’ll have to check those ones out! Of course you know that London is about reading too. It doesn’t sound like she reads as much as Mylie, but she can sound out words now. But I noticed a difference in the girls! London has ALWAYS loved books. From day 1. I’m shocked that Mylie hasn’t.
And tell Nick not to fret, Taylor feels the same way (although he has his own blog).