After I posted my Summer Reading Guide For Families last month, I received an e-mail from a reader asking about the books my kids like to read independently. For the third year in a row, we are doing our own "summer reading program" at home. With the free time that summer affords (plus the incentive of earning prizes), my kids are flying through books!
With my own never-ending to-read list, I don't have the time or desire to preview every book that comes into my house. My kids know our family standards and I trust their judgement, but it is always a treat when we find a series the kids love and they can read their way through the whole set without worry!
Last summer when Owen moved into fluent-reader territory, but was still intimidated by thick books, he started on the Nate the Great series
by Marjorie Sharmat. Each book is broken into four or five manageable chapters. The mystery genre resonated with him and he chose two or three of these to review when he wrote book reports for school in the fall. All my kids (even the older ones) also enjoy this series on audio book.
Last summer when Owen moved into fluent-reader territory, but was still intimidated by thick books, he started on the Nate the Great series
After discovering that Owen liked mysteries, it was an easy transition into the Young Cam Jansen seriesby David Adler. He asked me to print out a list of titles in the order they were written. Then he read and checked them off one by one!
Maddie has discovered some favorites this summer, too. Good thing because she's picked up the habit of late-night reading in bed. She's listened to me read several of The Little House series aloud and she's checked out most the series on audio book so she was especially excited to find The Rose Years series
Of an entirely different era is The Clementine series
What do your independent readers enjoy? Do you preview what they read or do they choose books on their own?
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