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I am not sure if I have mentioned in my previous posts, but we have been struggling since Brayden began school last year to get him reading. He fights it and fights it and in turn is pretty behind compared to his classmates.
It is so hard as a parent to fight the battle everyday.
If there is one thing that I have learned over the years, it’s that Brayden will do things when Brayden is ready. The hard part is that the school isn’t really on his time schedule…
About 4 months ago, Brayden came home with a book from The Magic Treehouse series and our world ( in terms of reading…) changed. Finally.
Mary Pope Osborne has found a way to inspire my child to read. Hallelujah!
There are 40+ books and they are filled with adventure, fun and facts. They appeal to Brayden’s sense of curiosity, and imagination.
We all just about fell out of our chairs when he decided he was going to read a page from his favorite book, Sunset of the Sabertooth, all by himself! ( I think we made such a huge deal about it that we scared him a bit… he hasn’t done it since! Whoops…)
Bubbie bought him the set of the first 28 books and our world has been filled with The Magic Treehouse since.
I even find them interesting and fun to read.
This is what my dining room table looks like this morning after our weekly trip to the library…
I guess if I must have crap all over my table, I am happy that it is books…
I also found a way to download the books in audio format on the iPad from the library so that Brayden can listen to them being read by Mary Pope Osborne. It has been great.
You can imagine my joy (because this has REALLY BEEN A STRUGGLE) when Brayden proclaimed the other day that he wanted to be an author and illustrator when he grew up.
Another “live and learn” situation. Interest is everything… when it is something that they are interested in, they will do whatever it takes.
I always say I am ready to just live, all this learning is exhausting!!
What inspires you and/or your children to read?
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My son received a Magic Tree House book in a gift bag from his friend’s birthday party a few weeks ago (I know, coolest gift bag ever, right?!) and it’s become a huge deal in our house- it was his first “chapter” book, and I wasn’t sure he was going to just listen and pay attention to the story (and grasp the story at that) without having all the pictures to look at. Now our dining table looks similar to yours- hooray!
So awesome!! They are really great
My son loved the Magic Tree House series when he was in Kindergarten and First Grade. He would read them and then take the online 3-question quiz to earn “medals” that he collected in a special Magic Tree House passport. It was great for reinforcing reading comprehension. http://www.magictreehouse.com/#
Yes! We found the website and the boys loved it!! Thank you for reminding me!
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Congrats and thank you!
Thank you! And thank you for reading!!
Kids have to find out what interests them sometimes on their own.My oldest granddaughter hated to practice reading and then one day she got a Junie B Jones book and she never looked back.She reads constantly now and when we are in the car and I am talking to her she gives me short answers and finally tells me,”Nana I am reading.” I always laugh.
Hi Debbie,
Enjoyed your post and love The Magic Tree House series. You are correct that interest is everything and I have experienced a similar reading issue. My two older children were readers; I read to them, they read to me and to themselves. Our home is filled top to but with books galore!
When our third child became of the reading age it was and has until recently been a struggle. He wasn’t interested, at all. We tried everything under the sun and I sadly came to the realization that he was just not going to be a reader like his siblings. I was disappointed but decided not to push the issue and was sure that he would find his niche at his own pace. And he did. He now loves reading to himself and to me as we’ll as me to him. He reads in school and can’t wait to tell me the books he read that day.
One thing I found that helped was Goodreads. We use it as an official reading log. He logs the books he has read and enjoys looking at his accomplishments as he scrolls through all the books he has read. He did find reading in his heart but not until he found what interested him.
Thank you for sharing- that is so great to hear! I will definitely check out goodreads, thank you!!
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