Saturday, December 3, 2011

Eccentric Son

My 5yo insists on reading Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott or Star Wars by George Lucas. I cannot imagine he can follow either one very well but he loves these books! He begs me to read them during the day, at storytime, at bedtime. Hilarious. How do I encourage him to read on his level without discouraging this obsession with some fabulous books?
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4 comments:

  1. Is he reading? My son was bring home Star Wars books and we encouraged him to bring books he could read himself and they suddenly became more age appropriate.

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  2. My 5 year old is similar. He's been reading a lot of things that I'm not quite sure he understands. What I've done with him in the past is let him try it - read a chapter on his own out loud and then talk over that chapter with him. If he seems to be getting it then I let him go on with it. Otherwise, I try to find a book in a similar vein that is more reading-level appropriate (the Stages books are good for things like Star Wars). Good luck!

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  3. Great suggestions! He makes me read them to him. Quite spoiled! I think most of the problem is older brothers have huge chapter books and he doesn't want to feel left out!

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  4. This reminds me of that cute movie/book Matilda - she reads outrageously advanced books for her age! I don't have any suggestions though, so sadly, I am of no help.

    Thank you for stopping by my blog. I think I've met you at Utah writers conferences before. :)

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